Box-Office Preview: ‘Deadpool 2’ Plots $130M-$150M Weekend Picnic

More than two years after Ryan Reynolds’ Merc With a Mouth transformed into a box-office sensation, Deadpool 2 is hitting theaters around the globe.In North America, the 20th Century Fox sequel has a chance of posting a record Memorial Day weekend with $140 million or more, besting the $139.8 million, four-day opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, not adjusted for inflation.Overseas, Deadpool 2 is opening in most major markets timed to its U.S.

launch — one major exception is China — for a projected foreign debut well north of $100 million.Reynolds reprises his …

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