Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine continued its box office dominance by taking the top spot in the fifth of its six weekends in theaters.
The superhero sequel took in $15.1 million for its sixth week in theaters, dropping just 17.1% from its last weekend at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo.
It took in an estimated $19.5 million through the four-day holiday weekend, appearing in 3,630 theaters throughout the long weekend.
This weekend’s take also allowed Deadpool & Wolverine to cross the $600 million milestone at the domestic box office, the 16th film ever to reach that mark.
The Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the weakest of the year, marking the official end of the summer movie season as schools start to begin around the country.
Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine continued its box office dominance by taking the top spot in the fifth of its six weekends in theaters
This weekend’s take also allowed Deadpool & Wolverine to cross the $600 million milestone at the domestic box office, the 16th film ever to reach that mark
Deadpool & Wolverine took in a decent $4,182 per-screen average from 3,630 theaters over the holiday weekend.
With its four-day holiday tally its domestic total is at $603.8 million domestically and $1.3 billion worldwide.
Still, despite the enormous success of Deadpool & Wolverine, the summer box office numbers are significantly down from 2023.
The summer 2024 movie season ended down 14.3% from last year, and down a whopping 26.6% from 2019, the last pre-COVID year.
Deadpool & Wolverine have topped the box office every weekend except its fourth frame, where its $30 million haul was second to Alien: Romulus, which debuted with $42 million.
Alien: Romulus dropped another 43% in its third frame for back-to-back second place finishes with $9.3 million, with a domestic tally of $88.7 million
It Ends With Us also held fast in third place with $7.42 million, a 36% drop from last week, bringing its domestic haul to $133.7 million.
The first of two new movies in wide release this weekend, the Reagan biopic starring Dennis Quaid, earned $7.4 million in fourth place.
Deadpool & Wolverine took in a decent $4,182 per-screen average from 3,630 theaters over the holiday weekend
With its four-day holiday tally its domestic total is at $603.8 million domestically and $1.3 billion worldwide
The first of two new movies in wide release this weekend, the Reagan biopic starring Dennis Quaid, earned $7.4 million in fourth place
It debuted in 2,754 theaters but only managed to score a paltry $2,687 per-screen average for its opening weekend
It debuted in 2,754 theaters but only managed to score a paltry $2,687 per-screen average for its opening weekend.
Twisters rounded out the top 5 with $7.1 million in its seventh frame, posting a surprising 17.1% increase over the last weekend, with a domestic tally of $258M.
The top 10 is rounded out by Blink Twice ($4.6M, $15.3M domestic), The Forge ($4.6M, $14.3M domestic), Despicable Me 4 ($4.08M, $354.1M domestic), newcomer Afraid ($3.7M) and Inside Out 2 ($2.7M, $650M domestic).
Next weekend brings the long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to theaters alongside the Brandy Norwood thriller The Front Room.
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