Deadpool Movie Box Office Breaks Record and Shocks World

Deadpool comic books may not be the hottest sellers in the industry, but the movie is the hottest ticket in town. Deadline has the official numbers - the movie pulled in $12+ million on Thursday previews and a staggering $40+ million on Friday. with the Monday holiday thrown in, Deadpool should draw $115 million.

All of this is ironic considering the movie was supposed to be just a R-rated niche action-hero feature. With a low (by superhero movie standards) budget, the film was designed as a franchise capable of turning a decent, acceptable profit during the winter months. In other words, Deadpool would make a few extra dollars for Fox and Marvel by selling tickets to the most hardcore of superhero fans.

Deadline also reports audiences noted they bought a ticket for two reasons: to see Ryan Reynolds and because Deadpool is a superhero movie. 59% made up the latter, and that means comic book/superhero movies are going to remain hot for a long, long time.

On a side note, the success of Deadpool really shows how wrongheaded Fox was when the studio approved the absurd Fantastic Four movie screenplay. Never mess with a formula that works.

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four (2015) In 17 Minutes Or Less Or A Day Or A Week Or More

Whoever said all publicity is good publicity was, well, wrong. There is a lot of publicity motion pictures could do without. Bad reviews are publicity....very, very bad publicity. Bad publicity for the Fantastic Four reboot never ends. A pretty long and mocking video has just gotten a release, and the video is garnering more interest than the film it pokes (mean) fun at.

The one huge benefit of the massive 2015 disaster is the good folks at CinemaSin have created a lengthy (17 MINUTES!) video pointing out all the problems with the film. The indignity that is Fantastic Four continues. The video does condense all the bad reviews the film generated into, yup, 17 minutes.