Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (the music video directors collectively known as Daniels), the R -
rated film opens in New York and Los Angeles on June 24th before expanding nationwide on July 1st.
The film grossed $ 300 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the biggest R -
Rated film opening of all time.
Not exact matches
It went on to become the highest - grossing
film in the US over President's Day weekend, highest
opening all - time for an R -
rated movie, and the highest - grossing for the month of February.
In other words, the two groups both said they were testing Twitter's predictive ability; in reality, they both examined the accuracy of predictions using tweets and additional data sources like movie
openings in theaters and
film ratings on International Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who run Miramax, entered Kids in the prestigious Cannes
Film Festival and began an extensive campaign to convince critics that Kids is an important work of art that should be given the more profitable R
rating, which allows parents to take their youngsters to the
film and also
opens up the video and cable television markets.
The
film's
opening scenes establish that he's welshed on many debts and unlikely to hit a big payday with any of the third -
rate tin cans he puts into the ring.
It also proved that R -
rated superhero
films can be major hits,
opening the door to miracles like Logan.
So far «Deadpool» has broken three box office records: Biggest
opening weekend in February, Biggest
opening weekend in the winter and biggest
opening weekend for an R -
rated film.
As asshole stepfather Trent, Carell
opens the
film by
rating Duncan as 3 out of 10, and if this isn't enough to turn the viewer against him, there's plenty more to come.
The
film,
rated R,
opens Friday at Civic Theatre of Allentown, and Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas in the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, Bethlehem.
The
film features a wonderful
opening sequence that defines the lead character and his world with effortless grace, and then follows that bravura entr
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Extras include a six - minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate
opening and closing title sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the
film's PG - 13
rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
«Lucy» marks Johansson's top
opening as the lead in a
film and is one of the highest
openings ever for an R -
rated action movie starring a female.
In what turned out to be one of the highlights at this year's CinemaCon was the stunning, 10 minute footage from Peter Jackson's new movie, the epic 3D
film adaptation of Tolkien's The Hobbit (which
opens December 14) that was shot at a frame
rate of 48 per second achieving an unprecedented combination of uniformity and brightness.
Like some
film got an amazing
opening weekend as big as 100 Millions but then the next week it dropped to 35 millions, which is 65 % dropped
rate... that kind of drop
rate is very rare in the Hollywood
films industry.
«Deadpool» gave Fox its biggest hit of 2016 after
opening on Valentine's Day to $ 782.6 million worldwide, supplanting «The Matrix Reloaded» to become the highest - grossing R -
rated film in history.
Although prior to 2003, the Disney brand had been limited to family
films rated G and PG, the hugely profitable Pirates of the Caribbean series had
opened the studio's eyes both to PG - 13 fare and tentpole live - action filmmaking.
Festival Passes (# 150) and VIP Passes for the event — including 10 free tickets and Picturehouse members»
rates for additional
films — go on sale from Thursday 5th May, with priority booking for both Picturehouse Members and pass - holders
open on Friday 6th May.
By way of comparisons, the last few Marvel
films to
open in China were Black Panther with $ 66 million, Captain America: Civil War with $ 98 million, and Avengers: Age of Ultron with $ 84 million (at current exchange
rates).
It's an impressive milestone but one that's not nearly as surprising as the
film's highly - lucrative
opening weekend take, which shattered expectations like some kind of Colossus — even its February release didn't prevent Deadpool from having the biggest debut for an R -
rated film ever.
TWC went to bat with the MPAA to change its initial R -
rating for its drama, 3 Generations, soliciting the help of GLAAD, which wrote an
open letter of support for the
film, which centers on a trans youth.
The sequel featuring the «Merc with the mouth» didn't break the record for best
opening for an R -
rated movie, which is held by the first Deadpool (2016) at $ 132 million, but it was able to break the Friday record for a
film with the R -
rating with $ 53.3 million.
As with nearly every other aspect of 2016's highest - grossing R -
rated film, the
opening credits are an exercise in sharing a collective joke with the audience.
The most optimistic industry observers privately say the $ 127 - million
film could go as high as $ 80 million, which would place it among the biggest R -
rated openings ever.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 4, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS One Missed Call (PG - 13 for mature themes, frightening images, terror, intense violence and some sexual material) Shannyn Sossamon stars in this remake of Chakushin Ari, a high attrition - rate horror flick from Japan about a traumatized young woman who's afraid to answer her cell phone after several of her ill - fated friends receive messages accurately predicting exactly when and how they are about
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies
opening January 4, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS One Missed Call (PG - 13 for mature themes, frightening images, terror, intense violence and some sexual material) Shannyn Sossamon stars in this remake of Chakushin Ari, a high attrition - rate horror flick from Japan about a traumatized young woman who's afraid to answer her cell phone after several of her ill - fated friends receive messages accurately predicting exactly when and how they are about
opening January 4, 2008 BIG BUDGET
FILMS One Missed Call (PG - 13 for mature themes, frightening images, terror, intense violence and some sexual material) Shannyn Sossamon stars in this remake of Chakushin Ari, a high attrition -
rate horror flick from Japan about a traumatized young woman who's afraid to answer her cell phone after several of her ill - fated friends receive messages accurately predicting exactly when and how they are about to die.
Produced for an estimated $ 58 million, «Deadpool» earned $ 782.6 million worldwide, and set
opening - weekend records for February and for R -
rated films.
«The brutal judgmentalism that has made
opening - weekend grosses into a bloodthirsty spectator sport seems to have encouraged an even more brutal approach to
film reviewing,» he said, going on to blame the likes of CinemaScore (which gives each major
film a
rating based on interviews with theatergoers) and Rotten Tomatoes for why interesting movies tank.
Sometimes they arrive at a
rate of 20 per week, at least in New York, where most
films that don't
open widely begin their first runs.
Say what you will the R -
rated superhero flick — like for instance that it falls in line with many of the same familiar tropes it purports to mock — but the gleefully violent and «adult» - oriented box office smash
opened the flood gates for more of its R -
rated ilk, showing studios through the ever influential power of green (not Green Lantern mind you), that audiences were more than receptive to «mature» content in their superhero
films.
20th Century Fox «s Deadpool movie had the biggest
opening ever for an R -
rated film this long Valentine's Day / President's Day weekend, with a sky - high $ 135 million over the three - day portion.
Despite a 99 % approval
rating from Rotten Tomatoes and
opening in more than 2,000 theaters, the
film didn't even earn a spot in this weekend's box office top ten.
Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the
film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International
Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International
Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an
opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R -
Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.
The figures make it not only the best ever overseas
opening for Fox International, but it has also toppled «Logan» ($ 160 million) as the biggest international
opening for an R -
rated film.
That's the second biggest international
opening for Universal, right behind the $ 160.3 million debut from «Fast & Furious 6,» and the highest international
opening for an R -
rated film ever.
Deadpool 2 is expected to
open at an impressive 125 million dollars in its domestic market thus falling short of its predecessor for the record for biggest
opening for an R -
Rated film by 7.40 million dollars.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 19, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS 30 Days of Night (R for profanity and graphic horror violence) Josh Hartnett and Melissa George head an ensemble cast in this high attrition - rate horror flick about a sheriff who, with the help of his estranged wife, confronts a horde of bloodthirsty vampires that descend on a tiny Alaskan town during the pitch black month when the sun slips beneath the h
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies
opening October 19, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS 30 Days of Night (R for profanity and graphic horror violence) Josh Hartnett and Melissa George head an ensemble cast in this high attrition - rate horror flick about a sheriff who, with the help of his estranged wife, confronts a horde of bloodthirsty vampires that descend on a tiny Alaskan town during the pitch black month when the sun slips beneath the h
opening October 19, 2007 BIG BUDGET
FILMS 30 Days of Night (R for profanity and graphic horror violence) Josh Hartnett and Melissa George head an ensemble cast in this high attrition -
rate horror flick about a sheriff who, with the help of his estranged wife, confronts a horde of bloodthirsty vampires that descend on a tiny Alaskan town during the pitch black month when the sun slips beneath the horizon.
Although Deadpool 2 ($ 125 million domestic) was able to inch ahead of Stephen King's IT ($ 123.4 million domestic) and score the second - largest domestic
opening of all time for an R -
rated film, it still came up short compared to the original Deadpool's record - setting $ 132.4 million domestic debut, which got executives all over Hollywood buzzing about the possibilities for R -
rated superheroes back in the spring of 2016.
Happier than they should be, based on the
film's
opening conversation, in which Trent seriously
rates Duncan a three on the «1 to 10 scale.»
20th Century Fox's R -
rated superhero
film «Deadpool 2» won the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $ 125 million
opening weekend, according to Fox.
As for «Deadpool 2,» which stars Ryan Reynolds as the foul mouthed Marvel hero, it nabbed the second biggest domestic
opening for an R -
rated film ever behind its predecessor 2016's «Deadpool,» which pulled in $ 132 million for its
opening.
Everyone
opened the letters and they are thinking about Kirby Anime back on the air with a ReBoot and a theatrical
film by Toho Co. Ltd, Paper Mario, Mario Party 10 and Kirby game like Kirby's Return to Dreamland on Wii U, an R
rated traditional
film by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Tom & Jerry, 3 shows by Klasky Csupo Rugrats, Wild Thornberrys and All Grown Up being moved to Disneytoon Studios with a Reboot while Tom & Jerry has a reboot for Cartoon Network in 2013, Rareware joining forces with Retro Studios, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Halloween Bash 2 in Finals Wars in cinemas, Mewtwo, Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Metal Sonic, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Rayman, Banjo and Kazooie, Conker, The Powerpuff Girls Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup for Super Smash Bros. 4 for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
I've got to say the dialog reminded me of a B -
rated horror
film after hearing this
opening script.
While the Resident Evil
films have succeeded with an R
rating, Monster Hunter
opens up a more kid - friendly PG - 13 universe.