Deadpool & Wolverine Box Office Set To Break Huge R-Rated Record Previously Held By 2004 Mel Gibson Movie

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Summary Deadpool & Wolverine is projected to earn $94 million at the domestic box office during its second weekend at the domestic box office.

This will make it the highest-grossing R-rated movie in North America.

The previous record-holder was Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

Deadpool & Wolverine has shattered an R-rated domestic box office record. The new movie is the first time that either titular superhero has appeared in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie as well as the first time that any installment in the franchise has been rated R. In spite of this, the Deadpool & Wolverine box office kicked off with a record-breaking opening weekend of $211.4 million, which was the best R-rated debut of all time in addition to the fourth-best debut for the MCU ever, behind Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Avengers: Endgame.

Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, Deadpool & Wolverine is projected to claim the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office Top 5 yet again in its second weekend with a 3-day total of $94 million. Combined with its opening weekend, this will bring its cumulative domestic haul to a record-smashing total that outgrosses the previous highest-grossing R-rated movie in North America, which was Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The original Deadpool previously came closest to beating that movie's $370.7 million gross by earning $363 million in domestic theaters.

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Source: Deadline