Deadpool & Wolverine Destined To Be The Highest-Rated National Movie Of All Time

Deadline reports Deadpool and Wolverine has officially crossed the $1 billion threshold at the box office, and is set to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

According to the outlet, the threequel’s domestic box office currently sits at $494.3M. With its international cume now at $535.2M, as of this writing, the film has grossed a staggering $1,029.5B in total and is on target to surpass it. The Joker‘s gross of $1.079B “at the end of this week.” Surprisingly, this is Disney’s the second time billion dollar movie this year, it’s a blockbuster with a PG rating Inside Out 2. Only 55 films have ever crossed the $1,000,000,000 mark, and Disney can claim ownership of 31 tiles. Mickey’s red shorts must have very deep pockets.

On the list of the most money Rated R movies of all time, Deadpool 2 once Deadpool respectively remain as number four and five, only surpassed Oppenheimer out of three once The Joker number one. Hugh Jackman’s previous Wolverine movie, Loganhe is ninth on that list.

In the Hollywood sense, this may set a very painful precedent. Scrolling down the list further is from 2003 The Matrix has been reloaded by six, one notch above 2017 It at number seven–and Warner Bros. own both. If Deadpool + Wolverine = a billion dollars, it makes sense that loading Pennywise into the Matrix could also prove a huge financial success. It’s actually similar to the idea we suggested last month. Alternatively, Warner Bros. and is the owner The Jokerso the Pennywise/Arthur Fleck assassin team is guaranteed to have floated around the boardroom at least once. Come to think of it, Fleck’s dangerous folk hero status could be on brand for both his letter and The Matrix franchise, too. Could The Joker Be It?

At number eleven, of course another one Todd Philips joined Warner Bros., The Hangover: Part II. Here’s a billion-dollar idea: After a night of drinking, the Joker wakes up in the Matrix and initiates the creation of Pennywise the Clown, which… no, let’s not give Hollywood ideas.

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