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Deadpool Smashes Record With $135 Million Weekend At The Box Office


Deadpool is killing it at the box office in its historic opening weekend, getting the biggest opening day for an R-rated film and soaring its record with $135 million, according to studio estimates.

The R-rated superhero film, starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's smart-mouthed Deadpool, set some new records: the biggest February weekend, the biggest R-rated opening (beating 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, which opened with $91.8 million), the biggest President's Day four-day weekend (beating 205's Fifty Shades of Grey, with $85.2 million for the former, and $93 million for the latter).

"It's all shocking given the movie's restrictive R-rating and top-end projection of $90 million going into the weekend," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore tracking service.

"Deadpool just kept going up and up. Obliterating expectations just doesn't cover this," Paul says. "And rather than hurting, the R-rating actually helped. It made the film an edgy, must-see superhero event."

Deadpool has also won the hearts of critics, scoring 84% critical approval on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Producer Simon Kinberg told USA TODAY Friday that he sent a special boxed white win to Reynolds and his co-stars to celebrate the success of Deadpool.

"It's more in keeping with Deadpool, who is not going to drink champagne," Kinberg said. "So we had (terrible) boxed wine sent to these guys for the weekend. It was either that or wine coolers. Keeping it classy."

The sequel for Deadpoolwas already green-lit by Fox, and Cable might be a part of it.

Deadpool is now showing in theaters.

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