Wouldn’t you know the Merc with a Mouth would have the last laugh? Despite a valiant effort, wife Blake Lively’s new romantic drama,It Ends with Us,settles for second place at the weekendbox officewith an estimated $50 million domestically (perThe Numbers). Meanwhile, husband Ryan Reynolds’Deadpool & Wolverinelays claim to the top spot for the third week in a row with $54.2 million.
And the MCU blockbuster has officially crossed the billion-dollar milestone (perDeadline) with $1.029 billion worldwide.As previously reported by MovieWeb,Todd Phillips’Joker(2019) currently holds the record for the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time globally with $1.078 billion, but that record will soon belong toDeadpool & Wolverine —and shortly in the coming days.
Despite the critics’ harsh reactions toIt Ends with Us, which resulted in a Tomatometer rating of only 59%, director and star Justin Baldoni’s romantic drama resonated with moviegoers. The film’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score currently holds at 94%, while its “A-” CinemaScore is almost as good asDeadpool & Wolverine’s“A” rating.
Deadpool & Wolverine
A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
It Ends with Us,which is based on the novel by author Colleen Hoover, started the weekend out strong on its opening day (August 9), and the Lively big-screen adaptation actually outperformedDeadpool & Wolverineto win Friday with $24 million. Meanwhile, the Merc with a Mouth only made $15.7 million by comparison.
However,Deadpool & Wolverineowned Saturday and Sunday with $21.7 million and $16.8 million respectively.It Ends with Usfell behind both days and made $13.7 million and $12.1 million on the same two days in a head-to-head competition between husband and wife.
Borderlands Crashes & Burns During Debut
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' box office battleended up being a win for both superstars, because their filmsDeadpool & WolverineandIt Ends with Usnotched the top two spots at this weekend’s box office. But while the power couple’s projects thrived, the big-screen adaptation based on theBorderlandsvideo game series struggled mightily over the weekend with an estimated $8.8 million domestically against an estimated budget of $100 million (perScreen Rant).
The critics absolutely lambastedBorderlands,which features an all-star cast, including Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and even Jack Black. But, as a result of the awful critiques,Borderlands’Tomatometer rating of 10% couldn’t be much worse. And even audiences had trouble getting behind the looter-shooter’s Silver Screen adaptation. At the time of this writing,Borderlands’Rotten Tomatoes score is 50%, and its “D+” CinemaScore is dreadful.
Alien: Romulus Projections Tease Surprising Opening Weekend at Box Office
Director Fede Álvarez’s science fiction horror sequel could boast the best opening weekend of any film in the beloved franchise.
Whilelast week’s No. 1 movierepeats as top dog for the third week in a row, andIt Ends with Ussettles for No. 2, Glen Powell’sTwistershangs on like a tropical depression and swoops into the No. 3 slot with another $15 million.Borderlandssettles for No. 4 andDespicable Me 4rounds out the Top 5 with $8 million.
NEON’sCuckoocracks the Top 10 at No. 9 with $3 million during its opening weekend, and the film company’s Nicolas Cage horror film continues to scare up audiences:Longlegscomes in at No. 10 with $2 million. And the weekend’s best per-theater average goes to the “Lively"It Ends with Us($13,847).
Alien: Romulusjoins the summer movie season next onAugust 16.And special15th anniversary screenings ofCoralinebegin the day before on Thursday,August 15.
