Avengers: Infinity War’s reign at the box office has finally been toppled byBook Club.
Sorry.Deadpool 2.Deadpool 2has toppledAvengers: Infinity War.
It took a superhero to beat superheroes as the R-rated comedy pulled in about $53.3 million on Friday including a record-breaking $18.6 million from Thursday night previews. The question now is how far the film will go over the rest of the weekend. The originalDeadpoolopened to $132 million, but in a far less competitive February frame. Additionally, the second film rarely outperforms the first one. That being said, reviews have been positive and there should be strong word-of-mouth, so I wouldn’t be surprised if final estimates have the movie landing closer to $150 million.
Even thoughDeadpool 2is taking the top spot, that doesn’t meanInfinity Waris showing any sign of slowing down. In its fourth weekend, the superhero epic should take in about $33 million according toVariety. It currently sits as the fourth-highest grossing movie worldwide of all-time.
In all seriousness aboutBook Club, the movie earned about $625,000 from preview screenings and should open somewhere between $7-10, which is good enough for third place . The comedy starsDiane Keaton,Jane Fonda,Candice Bergen, andMary Steenburgen.
Fourth place goes to the second weekend ofLife of the Party, which made $2.2 million on Friday and should earn about $8 million on its second weekend.
Finally,Show Dogsis targeting family audiences (although I’m sure there will be plenty of indifferent parents who bring their small children toDeadpool 2) and is on track for $4-9 million on its opening weekend with analysts expecting about $6 million for the weekend after it earned $1.4 million on Friday.
Check out Friday’s estimates below and check back tomorrow for full weekend numbers.
Deadpool 2
$53,300,000
Avengers: Infinity War
$7,247,000
$537,607,959
$4,730,000
Life of the Party
$2,200,000
$25,511,507
Breaking In
$1,902,000
$24,181,710
