Deadpool & Wolverine: It's all types of record-breaking sales with the year's biggest opening weekend
Barbie who? Oppenheimer what? How about Deadpool & Wolverine completely taking over the box office this past weekend? It’s all in the numbers and Fandango has all the details to keep your mind completely blown away.
Deadpool is one thing but adding fandom with Wolverine to the mix? Holy. Smokes.
Fandango, the nation’s leading online movie ticketing service, announced today that Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine film has shattered the Fandango record for the most opening weekend ticket sales for an R-rated title of all time, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey which has held the record for nine years. Additionally, Deadpool & Wolverine is now the biggest opening weekend ticket seller of 2024, officially surpassing Inside Out 2, and the biggest opening weekend ticket seller in the Deadpool film franchise.
"It's incredible to see Deadpool & Wolverine smash multiple opening weekend records on Fandango," said Jerramy Hainline, EVP of Fandango. "The anticipation for this film has been high even before tickets went on sale, so it’s remarkable to see so many fans take their friends and families to watch this film on the big screen.”
Deadpool & Wolverine was voted the #1 most anticipated film in Fandango’s 2024 Most Anticipated Movies Survey of over 8,000 ticket-buyers and the #1 most anticipated summer movie in Fandango’s 2024 Moviegoing Trends & Insights Study of over 6,000 moviegoers.
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine is currently Certified Fresh on the Tomatometer and tickets are on sale now on Fandango!
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