Now Deadpool is a bonafide A-list superhero, after his first title
film made $ 781.1 million dollars and became the highest grossing R - rated movie in history.
The first
film made $ 162 million worldwide, and usually sequels make less than its predecessors, so this movie definitely has an uphill box office battle in front of it.
That film made $ 16.6 million, putting it slightly ahead of last week's No. 2, Peter Rabbit, which held (relatively) strong at No. 3 in its third week with $ 12.5 million, hopping ahead of predictions.
After the three day weekend the feature
film made $ 171 million internationally and $ 90 million in the United States.
The film made $ 84.5 million domestically.
Financially, that
film made $ 50 million less than its predecessor; artistically, both films were duds.
The Kumail Nanjiani - led, Judd Apatow produced
film made $ 6.8 million in three weeks of limited release.
The 2 - hour, 10 - minute action / horror
film made $ 300 million worldwide, but a sequel was not pursued.
The three films in the franchise have collectively grossed close to $ 2 billion worldwide to - date, with the original
film making $ 914 million alone.
Not exact matches
To put the importance of the overseas box office into perspective, all of the 10 highest - grossing
films of 2016
made more money overseas than domestically (the top
film, Disney's Captain America: Civil War,
made almost 65 % of its
$ 1.15 billion total through international release).
Jurassic World opened at number 1 in 69 territories,
making it the largest worldwide opening weekend ever, and it became the fastest
film to reach
$ 1 billion just 13 days after being released.
Coogler's contribution to the Marvel cinematic universe has brought in over
$ 1 billion in revenue,
making it the highest - grossing U.S.
film ever directed by an African American.
The culture ministry believes this will generate
$ 1 billion in box office spend each year,
making it the 11th largest
film market in the world.
The
film, which cost
$ 17 million to
make, had been forecast to bring in as much as
$ 34 million, according to industry researchers such as Box Office Mojo.
The first three «Hunger Game»
films raked in over
$ 2.3 billion worldwide,
making it one of the most successful
film franchises in recent history.
The
film has topped
$ 1 billion in global ticket sales for all theaters —
making it the fastest to reach that mark.
The
film earned just
$ 28.7 million its first week, compared to the
$ 220 million it
made in the U.S. during just its opening weekend.
While the studio did not name the troubled
film, Variety and other outlets reported that the culprit was believed to be the live - action, computer - animated hybrid Monster Trucks, which cost more than
$ 100 million to
make.
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Transformers: The Last Knight is the first
film from the franchise since 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction
made $ 1.1 billion worldwide (with nearly 78 % of it coming overseas).
The
film topped
$ 1 billion in ticket sales worldwide in just three weeks before it even
made it to China.
The
film has already
made over
$ 115 million as of Saturday in 17 territories, according to Deadline.
Spike Lee has been breaking down barriers in the
film industry since he started
making movies, but he's yet to cross the
$ 100 mark with any of them.
The Clint Eastwood
film, starring Bradley Cooper,
made another
$ 64 million over the past three days, setting its worldwide box office total at over
$ 247 million after being wide - released in theaters for two weeks.
The crowdfunding site Kickstarter might be best known for funding
films, games and products — like Pebble, the Palo Alto - based smartwatch whose maker raised more than
$ 20.3 million in March,
making it the most - backed product in the site's history.
The Force remains strong with the new Star Wars movie, which is on track to top
$ 1 billion in global ticket sales this weekend,
making it the fastest - ever
film to reach that level.
That
makes for a pretty good per -
film average of more than
$ 156 million.
The success of Guardians, no matter how relative, has helped Disney settle into second - place, behind Fox, in the summer box - office race as the company's five summer
films have
made a total of
$ 624.6 million, at an average of almost
$ 125 million per
film.
That's an impressive return for a
film that cost less than
$ 5 million to
make.
Most stunt doubles
make $ 889 a day, or about
$ 50,000 a
film, if they work every day of a three - month shoot.
Compared to major studio projects like the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin adaption of Walter Isaacson's popular biography of Jobs, this
film was
made on a shoestring, with an estimated budget of just
$ 8.5 million.
It was still unclear whether Sony, which is still struggling with the impact of the cyberattack, would recoup the money it spent to
make the
film and the
$ 30 million or
$ 40 million in estimated marketing costs.
Of course,
making movies is not a cheap business, as Netflix reportedly has budgeted more than
$ 50 million per
film in the case of the Crouching Tiger sequel and the Sandler movies, according to Variety.
Goon's U.S. distributor, Magnolia Pictures,
made the
film available via U.S. cable providers for
$ 30.
Last year, worldwide sales of Wonder Woman topped
$ 821 million,
making it the highest - grossing superhero origin
film of all time.
Colbert started the monologue by playing a clip of Trump speaking with reporters on Air Force One last week about the
$ 130,000 payment Cohen
made to the pornographic
film actress Stormy Daniels in October 2016.
The former, which sells and installs beehives at various company locations, has inked contracts with clients including Delta and Chick - fil - A, while the latter works with
film studios and directors including Darren Aronofsky — charging them as much as
$ 50,000 a pop — to
make a
film or television production more ecologically friendly.
Adult
film star Stormy Daniels» lawyer, Michael Avenatti, told «CBS This Morning» he was «stunned» and «speechless» after he heard President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, say the president reimbursed attorney and fixer Michael Cohen for a
$ 130,000 payment he
made to Daniels from personal funds as part of a non-disclosure agreement..
He has also been deeply involved in the
$ 130,000 payment
made to adult
film actress Stormy Daniels, who has accused Trump of trying to cover up an affair she says the two had in 2006.
Watch White House press secretary Sarah Sanders brief reporters, a day after President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Trump had repaid attorney Michael Cohen for the
$ 130,000 payment Cohen
made to adult -
film star Stormy Daniels.
President Trump said that lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed through a monthly retainer for a
$ 130,000 payment
made to the adult -
film actress to stop what Trump called «false and extortionist accusations» about a decade - old affair.
Nolan
made his first
film, «Following,» on
$ 6,000 over the course of a year, shooting perhaps 15 minutes of footage each Saturday.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump
made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney, Michael Cohen, for a
$ 130,000 settlement with an adult -
film actress — appearing to contradict Trump's assertion...
Payment Pains: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now a member of President Trump's legal team, told Fox News that Trump had reimbursed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a
$ 130,000 payment
made to the adult -
film actress Stormy Daniels.
They were seeking information about a
$ 130,000 payment Cohen says he personally
made to adult
film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election, sources told NBC News.
Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer, said he used his own funds to
make a
$ 130,000 payment to adult
film star Stormy Daniels, who reportedly has claimed a sexual encounter with President Trump over a decade ago.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Donald Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump
made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney, Michael Cohen, for a
$ 130,000 settlement with an adult -
film...
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump
made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney Michael Cohen for a
$ 130,000 settlement with an adult -
film actress — despite Trump's assertion last month that he was unaware of the payment.
The most recent
film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed
$ 1.2 billion worldwide,
making it the second - highest grossing
film of the year.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Donald Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump
made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney, Michael Cohen, for a
$ 130,000 settlement with an adult -
film actress - despite Trump's assertion last month that...