Age of The Nerd
As expected, Deadpool 2 opened number one this weekend earning an estimated $125 million. Deadpool 2 knocked off three-time box office champ Avengers: Infinity War while pulling in over $300 million worldwide. While the sequel didn’t break box office records or top the 2016 originals $132 million opening weekend, the movie is doing pretty great.
Despite getting bumped from the top spot, Infinity War brought in another $28 million for a current domestic total of $595 million. Avengers has now earned $1.8 billion worldwide.
Book Club opened with a solid $12.5 million. The Paramount produced film was able o carve out some box office money for itself in a crowded superhero weekend.
Rounding out the top five was Life of the Party and Breaking In with $7.7 million and $6.4 million respectively.
Here’s the top five from this weekend:
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Total |
| 1. | Deadpool 2 |
$125,000,000 | $125,000,000 |
| 2. | Avengers: Infinity War |
$28,672,000 | $595,032,959 |
| 3. | Book Club |
$12,500,000 | $12,500,000 |
| 4. | Life of the Party |
$7,725,000 | $31,036,507 |
| 5. | Breaking In |
$6,470,000 | $28,750,710 |
Here’s the top 50 Highest grossing R-reated opening weekends via boxofficemojo:
| 1 | Deadpool | Fox | $132,434,639 | 36.5% | 3,558 | $37,222 | $363,070,709 | 2/12/16 |
| 2 | Deadpool 2 | Fox | $125,507,153 | 100.0% | 4,349 | $28,859 | $125,507,153 | 5/18/18 |
| 3 | It | WB (NL) | $123,403,419 | 37.7% | 4,103 | $30,076 | $327,481,748 | 9/8/17 |
| 4 | The Matrix Reloaded | WB | $91,774,413 | 32.6% | 3,603 | $25,471 | $281,576,461 | 5/15/03 |
| 5 | American Sniper | WB | $89,269,066 | 25.5% | 3,555 | $25,111 | $350,126,372 | 1/16/15 |
| 6 | Logan | Fox | $88,411,916 | 39.1% | 4,071 | $21,717 | $226,277,068 | 3/3/17 |
| 7 | The Hangover Part II | WB | $85,946,294 | 33.8% | 3,615 | $23,775 | $254,464,305 | 5/26/11 |
| 8 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Uni. | $85,171,450 | 51.3% | 3,646 | $23,360 | $166,167,230 | 2/13/15 |
| 9 | The Passion of the Christ | NM | $83,848,082 | 22.6% | 3,043 | $27,554 | $370,274,604 | 2/25/04 |
| 10 | 300 | WB | $70,885,301 | 33.7% | 3,103 | $22,844 | $210,614,939 | 3/9/07 |
| 11 | Straight Outta Compton | Uni. | $60,200,180 | 37.3% | 2,757 | $21,835 | $161,197,785 | 8/14/15 |
| 12 | Hannibal | MGM | $58,003,121 | 35.1% | 3,230 | $17,957 | $165,092,268 | 2/9/01 |
| 13 | 22 Jump Street | Sony | $57,071,445 | 29.8% | 3,306 | $17,263 | $191,719,337 | 6/13/14 |
| 14 | Sex and the City | WB (NL) | $57,038,404 | 37.4% | 3,285 | $17,363 | $152,647,258 | 5/30/08 |
| 15 | Watchmen | WB | $55,214,334 | 51.4% | 3,611 | $15,291 | $107,509,799 | 3/6/09 |
| 16 | Ted | Uni. | $54,415,205 | 24.9% | 3,239 | $16,800 | $218,815,487 | 6/29/12 |
| 17 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Par. | $52,568,183 | 50.5% | 3,321 | $15,829 | $104,028,807 | 10/21/11 |
| 18 | 8 Mile | Uni. | $51,240,555 | 43.9% | 2,470 | $20,745 | $116,750,901 | 11/8/02 |
| 19 | Prometheus | Fox | $51,050,101 | 40.4% | 3,396 | $15,032 | $126,477,084 | 6/8/12 |
| 20 | Wanted | Uni. | $50,927,085 | 37.9% | 3,175 | $16,040 | $134,508,551 | 6/27/08 |
| 21 | Jackass 3-D | Par. | $50,353,641 | 43.0% | 3,081 | $16,343 | $117,229,692 | 10/15/10 |
| 22 | Neighbors | Uni. | $49,033,915 | 32.7% | 3,279 | $14,954 | $150,157,400 | 5/9/14 |
| 23 | The Matrix Revolutions | WB | $48,475,154 | 34.8% | 3,502 | $13,842 | $139,313,948 | 11/5/03 |
| 24 | Troy | WB | $46,865,412 | 35.1% | 3,411 | $13,739 | $133,378,256 | 5/14/04 |
| 25 | Fifty Shades Darker | Uni. | $46,607,250 | 40.7% | 3,710 | $12,563 | $114,581,250 | 2/10/17 |
| 26 | Bad Boys II | Sony | $46,522,560 | 33.6% | 3,186 | $14,602 | $138,608,444 | 7/18/03 |
| 27 | Mad Max: Fury Road | WB | $45,428,128 | 29.6% | 3,702 | $12,271 | $153,636,354 | 5/15/15 |
| 28 | American Pie 2 | Uni. | $45,117,985 | 31.1% | 3,063 | $14,729 | $145,103,595 | 8/10/01 |
| 29 | 300: Rise of An Empire | WB | $45,038,460 | 42.3% | 3,470 | $12,979 | $106,580,051 | 3/7/14 |
| 30 | The Hangover | WB | $44,979,319 | 16.2% | 3,269 | $13,759 | $277,322,503 | 6/5/09 |
| 31 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | WB | $44,041,440 | 29.3% | 3,504 | $12,568 | $150,371,112 | 7/2/03 |
| 32 | Lucy | Uni. | $43,899,340 | 34.7% | 3,173 | $13,835 | $126,663,600 | 7/25/14 |
| 33 | American Gangster | Uni. | $43,565,135 | 33.5% | 3,054 | $14,265 | $130,164,645 | 11/2/07 |
| 34 | Scary Movie | Mira. | $42,346,669 | 27.0% | 2,912 | $14,542 | $157,019,771 | 7/7/00 |
| 35 | The Conjuring | WB (NL) | $41,855,326 | 30.5% | 2,903 | $14,418 | $137,400,141 | 7/19/13 |
| 36 | The Hangover Part III | WB | $41,671,198 | 37.1% | 3,555 | $11,722 | $112,200,072 | 5/23/13 |
| 37 | Shutter Island | Par. | $41,062,440 | 32.1% | 2,991 | $13,729 | $128,012,934 | 2/19/10 |
| 38 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Par. | $40,678,424 | 48.0% | 3,216 | $12,649 | $84,752,907 | 10/22/10 |
| 39 | Friday the 13th (2009) | WB (NL) | $40,570,365 | 62.4% | 3,105 | $13,066 | $65,002,019 | 2/13/09 |
| 40 | The Conjuring 2 | WB (NL) | $40,406,314 | 39.4% | 3,343 | $12,087 | $102,470,008 | 6/10/16 |
| 41 | Safe House | Uni. | $40,172,720 | 31.8% | 3,119 | $12,880 | $126,373,434 | 2/10/12 |
| 42 | The Revenant | Fox | $39,826,840 | 21.7% | 3,375 | $11,801 | $183,637,894 | 1/8/16 |
| 43 | Magic Mike | WB | $39,127,170 | 34.4% | 2,930 | $13,354 | $113,721,571 | 6/29/12 |
| 44 | The Heat | Fox | $39,115,043 | 24.5% | 3,181 | $12,296 | $159,582,188 | 6/28/13 |
| 45 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Fox | $39,023,010 | 38.9% | 4,003 | $9,748 | $100,234,838 | 9/22/17 |
| 46 | Fifty Shades Freed | Uni. | $38,560,195 | 38.4% | 3,768 | $10,234 | $100,407,760 | 2/9/18 |
| 47 | Inglourious Basterds | Wein. | $38,054,676 | 31.6% | 3,165 | $12,024 | $120,540,719 | 8/21/09 |
| 48 | Lone Survivor | Uni. | $37,849,910 | 30.3% | 2,875 | $13,165 | $125,095,601 | 1/10/14 |
| 49 | Gone Girl | Fox | $37,513,109 | 22.4% | 3,014 | $12,446 | $167,767,189 | 10/3/14 |
| 50 | District 9 | TriS | $37,354,308 | 32.3% | 3,049 | $12,251 | $115,646,235 | 8/14/09 |
