Deadpool had an incendiary Valentine's and Presidents Day Weekend, shattering previous records for the holiday period and breaking Fifty Shades of Grey's February opening weekend by approximately $45m. Marvel's Ryan Reynolds-starrer earned an 84% at Rotten Tomatoes (with a 96% audience score) and an A CinemaScore. With $135m, this is Reynolds' biggest bow to date.
As for the other Top 5 debuts, How to Be Single fell just short of expectations and garnered lukewarm reviews, while the long-awaited Zoolander 2 was torn apart by critics and audience members alike.
1. Deadpool (Fox) $135m 3,558/$37,957 avg. (debut)
2. Kung Fu Panda 3 (Fox) $20m 3,844/$5,112 avg. (week 3)
3. How to be Single (Warner Bros.) $19m 3,343/$5,609 avg. (debut)
4. Zoolander 2 (Paramount) $16m 3,394/$4,611 avg. (debut)
5. The Revenant (Fox) $6.9m 2,266/$3,045 avg. (week 8)
BEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Adding up the numbers (11/8a)
OF PONIES, PRINCESSES AND UNICORNS: CHAPPELL'S SNL TRIUMPH AND BEYOND
Changing the pop narrative (11/5a)
| ||
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
|