Box Office: ‘Deadpool 2’ Unseats ‘Infinity War,’ Opens to Heroic $133 Million

Ryan Reynold’s “Deadpool-2-2018-movie-posters/”>Deadpool 2” is set to take the No.

1 box office crown from “Avengers: Infinity War” this weekend, with $133.5 million from 4,349 North American locations.The second R-rated superhero film from Fox took in $53.3 million Friday, including a record-setting $18.6 million from Thursday previews, the highest Thursday tally for an R-rated film (“It” had previously held the title with $13.5 million).

“Deadpool 2’s” 4,349 theaters also mark Fox’s widest launch ever.The “Deadpool” sequel will break its own predecessor’s record as the highest opening weekend for an R-rated film — “Deadpool” stunned the industry two years ago with $132.4 million.

The original’s unique take on the superhero genre, with Reynolds breaking the fourth wall to address the audience directly, made the film a must-see, and it went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.Reynolds returns as the wisecracking

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