<P> On April 20, 2018, both Fandango and Regal Cinemas announced that Deadpool 2 was the best pre-selling R - rated film in their respective histories . The film opened in 4,332 theaters, setting the record for widest R - rated release ever (beating the 4,103 count by It in September 2017). It made $18.6 million from Thursday night previews and $53.3 million on its first day, setting records for both by an R - rated film, beating It's $13.5 million and $50.4 million, respectively . The film went on to debut to $125.5 million, the second - best opening for an R - rated film behind the original, and became the first film to dethrone Avengers: Infinity War atop the box office . It fell 66% in its second weekend, grossing $42.7 million and finishing second behind newcomer Solo: A Star Wars Story . The film made $23.3 million in its third weekend, remaining in second behind Solo . It dropped 39% in both its fourth and fifth weekends, making a respective $14.1 million and $8.7 million . </P> <P> Worldwide, the film had a global debut of $300.4 million, including $174.9 million internationally, the largest - ever for an R - rated film or Fox release . It opened in 81 markets and finished first in all of them, including the United Kingdom ($18 million), Korea ($17 million), Russia ($11.8 million) and Australia ($11.7 million). It remained number one in 27 markets in its second weekend, making $57 million and bringing its foreign total through its first full week to $279.7 million . In its third week of international release the film made $47 million, including a $5.5 million debut in Japan (26% better than the first film), bringing its foreign total to $344 million . </P> <P> On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 294 reviews, and an average rating of 7 / 10 . The website's critical consensus reads, "Though it threatens to buckle under the weight of its meta gags, Deadpool 2 is a gory, gleeful lampoon of the superhero genre buoyed by Ryan Reynolds' undeniable charm ." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 66 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film . </P> <P> Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, jokingly calling it the best sequel since The Godfather Part II and saying: "Deadpool 2 is wicked, dark fun from start to finish, with some twisted and very funny special effects, cool production elements (and) terrific ensemble work ." PopMatters writer J.R. Kinnard wrote: "If you enjoyed the guilty pleasures of Deadpool, it's an immutable law of physics that you will love Deadpool 2 . The second verse may be the same as the first, but that verse is a dirty limerick of childish goodness ." </P>

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