‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Reportedly Tracking To $200M+ Opening, Which Would Be The Highest R-Rating Opening Ever.

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The 2024 box office is in the pits, clearly, and Sony just bought the Alamo Drafthouse in a disturbing, do-anything-to-survive sign of the times.

But is there hope on the horizon, with Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” already expected to save the 2024 box office? Well, the early word is massive and good.

According to Deadline, The Quorum film tracker, which actually monitors pics six weeks ahead, is reporting a projection of $200M-$239M, which, according to the trade, “the service actually believes is conservative.” These would be monster figures if correct, and anything over $207 million would be the fourth highest Marvel opening of all time, besting 2012’s “The Avengers” and 2015’s ‘Age Of Ultron.’ Those figures, if correct, would make “Deadpool & Wolverine” the highest R-rated domestic box office opening of all time, surpassing the figure held by the original “Deadpool” in 2016 with $132 million (“Deadpool 2” has the number two spot with $125 million).

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