The record books are being rewritten right now for “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Shawn Levy’s MAD Magazine send up of Marvel superheroes will start Friday with $300 million, just a week after it opened.
The Ryan Gosling-Hugh Jackman cape comedy already has over $500 million logged worldwide. The $600 million mark also looms on that front for Friday morning.
There is no competition coming any time soon, either. Releases for August are innocuous at best. “D&W” is the last of this summer’s big movies. It has a clear shot through Labor Day. Some films will be of secondary interest. But by and large, it’s a “D&W” month and nothing will get in the way.
The next big studio release is “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” on September 6th, from Warner Bros.
One note: other than “Dune Part Two” we still have no potential Oscar nominees.
