Interest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has steadily declined in recent years. Now it is up to Deadpool & Wolverine to Single-handedly saving superhero cinema and to prove that the MCU can still produce huge blockbuster successes.
Expectations are huge. There hasn’t been a Marvel project of this magnitude since Spider-Man: No Way Home. The MCU debut of Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) and Logan (Hugh Jackman) is a massive multiverse event that puts all its trust in the nostalgia of Marvel fans. Will the collision of several film universes and the promise of countless cameos be enough to end the MCU’s downward spiral? We’ll find out next week.
Will Deadpool & Wolverine save the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Since the end of the Infinity Saga with Avengers 4: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been struggling. Only Spider-Man: No Way Home managed to gross over a billion US dollars at the worldwide box office. Last year, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels were released as financial flops and only the conclusion of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy could be considered a box office success.
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Please save the MCU, Wolverine!
The responsibility that lies on Deadpool & Wolverine is now even greater. As only MCU film this year The multiverse adventure of Logan and Wade Wilson is being watched with eagle eyes. Will the MCU manage to produce another real event that not only sparks interest in superhero blockbusters, but can also build on previous financial highs?
The chances are good. Deadpool & Wolverine will an outstanding start predictedAccording to recent industry forecasts (via Variety ), the new MCU chapter could gross around $165 million in the US alone on its opening weekend. It would be the best US opening for an R-rated film (more on that in a moment) ever.
In addition, Deadpool & Wolverine was also able to secure a highly coveted release in China, one of the largest and most important cinema markets in the world. However, there is one obstacle that stands in the way of the film’s absolute success.
Deadpool & Wolverine has a high age rating – also with the FSK
Deadpool & Wolverine wears in the USA an R ratingThis means that fans under the age of 17 are only allowed to attend the film if accompanied by a parent or guardian, which will limit the number of young moviegoers.
In Germany, the situation is similar. Here, Deadpool & Wolverine approved by the FSK for ages 16 and upAnd not without reason: the film is hardly suitable for children due to its exaggerated and explicit violence.
And what does that mean for cinema numbers? Despite the high age rating, it is not impossible that Deadpool & Wolverine will be a huge box office success. The current top R-rated film is Joker, which grossed over a billion dollars. The first two Deadpool films each grossed just over 700 million dollars.
The coming weeks will be exciting to see whether the brutal MCU debut of Deadpool and Wolverine can actually break the previous records of R-rated films based on comic books and revive the Marvel Cinematic Universe after its recent setbacks.
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What is Deadpool & Wolverine about?
The wisecracking antihero Wade Wilson aka Deadpool is given the unique opportunity to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe and finally become the superhero he always wanted to be. Unfortunately, he has to leave his entire reality behind, which is to be wiped out by the Time Variance Authority (TVA). Universe of the previous X-Men films is doomed to extinction.
The reason: The cornerstone of the universe, the X-Men Wolverine, heroically lost his life in the future. In order to prevent the complete extinction of the mutant reality, Deadpool now wants to find a suitable replacement in the multiverse. And unfortunately, he meets the worst Wolverine of all: a drunken loser who has abandoned his universe.
Deadpool & Wolverine starts on July 24, 2024 in German cinemas.