Deadpool continues killing competition!
The talkative red-suited murder machine was on top once again this weekend as DEADPOOL won the box office for a third time with an estimated $31.5 million!
With a domestic total of $285.6 million, the irrepressible and irreverent anti-hero now has the third-biggest R-rated movie, with only AMERICAN SNIPER ($350 million) and THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST ($370 million) ahead of him.
DEADPOOL has passed the domestic totals of his fellow Marvel Comics characters CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER ($259 million) and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ($262 million), and has also crossed $600 million worldwide.
Of the new releases, the PG-13 action movie GODS OF EGYPT opened in second place with $14 million. The mythological epic from director Alex Proyas (THE CROW) cost a reported $140 million, and got savaged by critics with a 13% average on Rotten Tomatoes. The CG-filled spectacle earned an additional $38.2 million from international audiences.
KUNG FU PANDA 3 was in third place with $9 million, followed by the Joseph Fiennes-starring biblical action movie RISEN in fourth with $7 million.
Opening in fifth was the new skiing biopic EDDIE THE EAGLE with $6.3 million. The PG-13 inspiration comedy-drama starring Hugh Jackman and KINGSMAN's Taron Egerton had a reported cost of $23 million and seemed to please many critics with 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In sixth was the new R-rated heist thriller TRIPLE 9 with an opening of $6.1 million. Despite a high-profile cast including Kate Winslet, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the $20 million crooked-cop movie from director John Hillcoat (THE PROPOSITION) couldn't seem to draw crowds or many strong reviews (55% on Rotten Tomatoes).
The comedy HOW TO BE SINGLE was in seventh with $5.1 million, while the supernatural horror release THE WITCH was in eighth with $5 million, down 43% from last weekend's opening. The Jesse Owens biopic RACE dropped to ninth with $4.2 million (41% down from its opening), and multiple Oscar nominee THE REVENANT closed out the list.
Outside the chart, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS wasn't in the Top 10 for the first time since December 18, and ZOOLANDER 2 and HAIL, CAESAR! also departed.
Next weekend has Gerard Butler's head-stabbing Secret Service agent in LONDON HAS FALLEN, along with Disney's computer-animated ZOOTOPIA and Tina Fey's R-rated war comedy WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT.
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| # | MOVIE TITLE | WKND $ | TOTAL $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deadpool | $31.5 M | $285.6 M |
| 2 | Gods of Egypt | $14 M | NEW |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $9 M | $128.4 M |
| 4 | Risen | $7 M | $22.7 M |
| 5 | Eddie the Eagle | $6.3 M | NEW |
| 6 | How To Be Single | $5.1 M | $39.6 M |
| 7 | Triple 9 | $6.1 M | NEW |
| 8 | The Witch | $5 M | $16.6 M |
| 9 | Race | $4.2 M | $13.8 M |
| 10 | The Revenant | $3.8 M | $170.5 M |