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Deadpool blew up the US box office

Image That the talkative mercenary in a red suit would become the leader in the North American box office was clear long before the weekend of February 12-14 . And " Deadpool " met all expectations - $ 135.1 million moviegoers gave away to watch this non-childish adaptation of comics.

Blockbuster instantly broke a bunch of records. For example, before that, a movie rated R managed to earn a maximum of $ 91.7 million on its debut weekend - and this record was held by the movie "The Matrix 2: Reloaded". Of all Ryan Reynolds' works, Deadpool had the best start. What's more interesting - the film was the directorial debut in full-length for visual effects specialist Tim Miller , so for him the merits of Wade Wilson can also be called a great achievement.

There was no doubt that the audience would like the project. Critics, for the most part, also gave Deadpool a positive verdict. First of all, no one expected such a film from the studio Fox . The major took a big risk, having decided to make a picture of a superhero from the comics, which completely does not correspond to the ideas of those very superheroes. And he is not going to save the world, and this makes the blockbuster even more interesting to watch - you never know how it will end.

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On the world market, the project proved to be no less impressive, having collected $ 125 million over the weekend, but now journalists are afraid that Deadpool , after such a quick start, would not lose all its zeal and lost most of its audience next week.

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The second place in the top-5 of the financial rating went to the leader of the last weekend - the animation film " Kung Fu Panda 3 ". For the sake of cute Po and his friends, moviegoers forked out another $ 19.7 million . It is noteworthy that in a week the cartoon Jennifer Yu and Alessandro Carloni lost only 7.5% of viewers. Of course, this fact is largely due to the lack of competition in the segment of animation projects, but now the third part of the franchise boasts a result of $ 93.9 million . The audience appreciated the triquel, considering that it is in no way inferior to the first two films. The visual component has become even better, and the story remains the same emotional and fun.

The next two top-5 positions were taken by the newcomers of the rental - comedies " Actively Searching " and " Exemplary Male 2 ". Both films, despite a decent amount of money, did not meet the expectations of the creators and failed to attract the attention of the audience.

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Thus, the collection of the tape Actively Searching amounted to $ 18.8 million , while the film's budget was $ 38 million . The hilarious company of Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann appealed to moviegoers, but received mixed reviews from reviewers. Some noted the excellent acting, beautiful picture and witty dialogues, while others found the film too cliche.

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Exemplary Male 2 earned $ 15.7 million , but Paramount was unlikely to count on such a small return on the sequel. Zulander returned 15 years later with a blond Hansel to help Interpol solve the celebrity murders. True, the audience managed to forget about the super-beautiful Derek , so in the film, as in life, he tries to regain his former popularity.

Ben Stiller , who played Derek , directed the comedy himself. He managed to preserve the atmosphere of a certain absurdity of the first part, which was liked by the audience in The Exemplary Male, but the use of the predecessor's success formula did not add originality to the sequel.

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And the drama " The Survivor " closes the top five, ending the weekend with a result of $ 6.9 million . In total at home, the film Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu grossed $ 159.2 million , and the BAFTA award, which went to the picture's piggy bank, made the film unconditional in the eyes of critics favorite among the nominees for the Oscar .

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