There are no estimates for its domestic total at this time, but the original Deadpool ended up earning $363 million domestic, the second highest domestic tally for an R-rated movie ever, behind Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ ($370.7 million) but it became the highest-grossing R-rated movie worldwide, breaking The Matrix Reloaded’s record tally of $742.1 million.
The original Deadpool was made for $55 million, and the original projections put it around $50 million, with some putting its opening weekend as high as $80 million.
The first box office projections for Deadpool 2 are in, putting the sequel at $150 million for its opening weekend.
While many sequels fail to live up to expectations when the original movie was such a big hit, it seems possible that Deadpool 2 could break its own worldwide record, while also topping The Passion of the Christ on the all-time R-rated domestic charts.