The box office totals for the film’s Friday night grosses have been revealed by the studio, and Deadpool 2 has now set the record for best opening-day for an R-rated film with $53.3 million.
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The original Deadpool opened to $132.4 million in February of 2016 and went on to gross $363 million domestically and $783 million worldwide.
20th Century Fox‘s Deadpool 2 broke one record on Thursday night, and now it’s slashed through another.