'Deadpool' Easily Keeps No. 1 Box Office Spot With $55 Million

Mar 01, 2016, 15:09

By now, Deadpool has cleared more than $500 million following its global release.

Now the Merc with a Mouth is gunning for Jesus Christ.

Deadpool, once the little superhero movie that could, has rocketed past all expectations at the box office to become a bona fide juggernaut, and it maintained momentum in its second weekend, pulling in another $55 million to blast its domestic haul past $200 million. After roughly two weeks in theaters, Deadpool has earned $235.4 million domestically.

The highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide is The Matrix Reloaded with $742 million at the 70th spot.

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It would seem Deadpool has connected with something in the moviegoing public and it is being rewarded handsomely for that. Sony's Affirm label produced the picture for US$20 million, and courted church leaders with the hopes of producing another War Room or Heaven is for Real, two films that turned out Christian moviegoers in droves.

"Deadpool" also garnered another title related to its classification as an R-Rated movie, with its $132.75 million estimated sales for the opening weekend.

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With "Risen" looking to capture one faith-based audience, at the other end of the spectrum is "The Witch", the 17th century-set horror folktale of family drama, mania and witchcraft that has been endorsed by the Satanic Temple.

"Risen" may turn the tables on "The Witch" by Sunday, since writer-director Robert Eggers' horror movie is only expected to scare up to $7.5 million during its opening weekend. The 3D computer animated sequel from DreamWorks Animation was down a solid 37 percent from last weekend.

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While "Race", which looks at Jesse Owens' historic 1936 Olympics performance, took in $7.2 million. Despite slipping 59% week-over-week, the movie is still bringing in the dough and breaking records. Spring Breakers' best weekend topped out at $6.9 million and Ex Machina went as high as $7.2 million. Considering the talent behind Hail, Caesar! and the extensive promotion the film got, you have to think this is a bit of a disappointment for the Coen brothers. And rounding out the top five is the Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson-led rom-com, How to Be Single, which garnered an additional $8.2 million.