‘Deadpool 2’ Is Now The Highest-Grossing ‘X-Men’ Movie
By Ben Pearson/Feb. 5, 2019 5:00 pm EST
Deadpool 2: $785,986,651Deadpool: $783,112,979X-Men: Days of Future Past: $747,862,775Logan: $619,021,436X-Men: Apocalypse: $543,934,787X-Men: The Last Stand: $459,359,555The Wolverine: $414,828,246X2: X-Men United: $407,711,549X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $373,062,864X-Men: First Class: $353,624,124X-Men: $296,339,527
The most shocking thing about this to me isn’t that Deadpool is hugely popular – that’s been clear for years – but that somehow X-Men: First Class is the second-lowest grosser in the entire franchise. What? That movie rules! In terms of quality, it’s easily in the top three. I’m genuinely bummed out about this.
The good news for our old pal DP is that if any future entry in the X-franchise ever seems poised to topple his latest box office position, he can just use that time travel device from the end of Deadpool 2 to move through time and sabotage the film to make sure he retains the title. Wait a minute – does that answer the question of what the heck has been going on with New Mutants lately? Did we miss out on a timeline where that film outperformed Deadpool 2? Deadpool, you rascal!
