Deadpool and Wolverine tickets went on sale this week, and people seem to be very excited about the film and are snapping up tickets. Adam Aron, the CEO of movie theater giant AMC, said his company has already sold more than 200,000 tickets for Deadpool and Wolverine.
This includes more day-one ticket sales than any other R-rated movie in AMC’s history. Another high-profile ticket-seller, Fandango, earlier this week reported strong ticket sales for Deadpool and Wolverine. The Hollywood Reporter’s sources said Deadpool and Wolverine first-day ticket sale revenue could be as high as $9 million.
Many big movies will open in May, June & July. Including Deadpool & Wolverine starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Opens July 25. Some 200,000 movie fans have bought their AMC tickets already. This is more Day 1 ticket sales at AMC than for any other R-rated movie ever.… pic.twitter.com/BSpNKndFwr
— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) May 22, 2024
Deadpool and Wolverine releases on July 26 and could make more than $100 million for its opening weekend in the US. If it can reach those heights, it would be the first film of 2024 to pass $100 million in the US for its opening weekend.
For comparison, 2016’s Deadpool ($132.4 million) and 2018’s Deadpool 2 ($125 million) had the biggest R-rated opening-weekend results at the domestic box office of their respective release years. Expectations are, naturally, high for Deadpool and Wolverine to live up to the hype.
Deadpool and Wolverine hits theaters on July 26, and it is Marvel’s one and only film coming to cinemas until 2025.
Deadpool and Wolverine is the first new Deadpool film since Deadpool 2 released in 2018, prior to Disney buying 20th Century Fox and the associated Marvel character rights. Some wondered and worried that Disney might try to tone things down, but that is not the case. In fact, Reynolds recently talked about how he was surprised with how much he was able to get away with in Deadpool and Wolverine as it relates to the film’s R rating.
“I hope it doesn’t sound condescending, I’m really proud of [Disney and Marvel] for doing this,” Reynolds said. “I think it’s a huge step for them. I mean it adds a whole other color to this kaleidoscopic wheel that is that company and the different people that they have been entertaining for forever so I was surprised though that they let us go… hard R.”
