Movie Tuesday: Yep, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Won Again

Plenty of new movies flooded the multiplex over the Labor Day weekend. But to no avail: For the fifth time in six weeks, Deadpool & Wolverinelanded up top.

Sure, the weekend’s estimated earnings might look a little paltry for Deadpool & Wolverine—especially considering the superhero flick had a whole extra day to work with. Still, the $19.4 million it earned in North America during the extended holiday weekend was more than enough for the film to take first place yet again.

That pushed Deadpool & Wolverine’s total North American haul to $$603.8 million, putting it within shouting distance of the year’s biggest flick, Inside Out 2. The Pixar sequel has long stood atop 2024’s box-office standings, and it currently boasts $651 million.

Add in overseas receipts for both, and Inside Out 2 has a wider margin. It’s by far the biggest film globally this year, having earned just south of $1.7 billion. Deadpool & Wolverine’s global gross currently stands at $1.3 billion.

But back to the Labor Day weekend.

Alien: Romulus again landed at No. 2, earning $11.2 million over the extended four-day weekend.

Reagan, a kindly biopic of the United States’ 40^th president, was the only newcomer to crack the top five. It landed at No. 3 with about $10 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That’s a pretty strong showing, by the way: Most experts expected it would earn $5 million this weekend. The movie apparently looked at those modest expectations and said, “Mr. Prognosticators, tear down this wall!”

Twisters continues to spin in the top five, earning $9.6 million to finish fourth—just about $100,000 ahead of fifth-place It Ends With Us.

Outside Reagan, no other newbie finished close to the top five. AfrAId debuted with a $4.4 million, ninth-place finish. City of Dreams landed in 15^th with $1.4 million. And Slingshot—a strange little sci-fi flick starring Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne–might as well have crashed into the moons of Jupiter. It earned only $581,600 to finish 20^th. We’ve not heard any estimates yet for You Gotta Believe.