“Deadpool & Wolverine” Scores Big IMAX Opening Weekend With $36.5 Million Global Debut

IMAX Corporation and Disney/Marvel notched another historic moment in their longstanding, successful partnership with the $36.5 million IMAX global debut of “Deadpool & Wolverine“.

The highly anticipated team-up of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s signature superheroes delivered the eight biggest IMAX opening weekend of all time — headlining several milestones, including:

  • Biggest IMAX July opening ever
  • Biggest IMAX R-rated opening weekend ever
  • Biggest IMAX opening weekend of any movie since “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022)
  • Biggest IMAX opening weekend of a Marvel movie since “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021) and the fourth biggest IMAX Marvel opening of all time.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” debuted with the widest IMAX release ever, opening on 1,642 IMAX screens in 83 markets. The film will continue its run on the IMAX network into August, ahead of a fall slate that includes Filmed for IMAX titles “Joker: Folie á Deux” and “Venom: The Last Dance” in addition to “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Gladiator II,” and “Wicked.”