This weekend, we thought that Logan had pulled in $85.3 million domestically, but it turns out those estimates were a bit shy of the final number. Logan, a dour, R-rated superhero film that prefers Western tropes to comic book ones, nabbed $88.3 million at the box office in the U.S. That number blows the opening weekend for the PG-13 X-Men: Apocalypse, $65.8 million, out of the water.
Logan is also doing extremely well in international markets. According to THR, the movie opened to “an estimated $152.5 million from 81 markets for a global launch of $240.8 million.” It also had plenty of fans in China, where it made $46.2 million, easily dominating the superhero competition, The LEGO Batman Movie, which only made $3.6 million.
However, it’s tough to say if there will be a “Logan Effect” in the same way there was a “Deadpool Effect.” Between the two movies, its clear that the marketplace is ready for R-rated superhero movies when they’re done well and effectively marketed. However, whereas Deadpool could create more R-rated action movies in the superhero genre and also elevate more obscure characters into their own movies, Logan is a different beast. Part of the film’s success comes from being not only an ending, but also an ending to a story that began 17 years ago. It’s a unique picture, and I’m not exactly sure how studios can recreate its success.
In an ideal world, studios would see that audiences are happy to see a cool spin on the Western genre, but that’s unlikely to happen. While I wouldn’t go so far as to call Logan a fluke—the movie was tracking well and had positive buzz—I do think it will be unique, especially when studios are so intent on building long-term franchises. That being said, based on the film’s success, I assume Fox will want director James Mangold hard at work on an X-23 movie ASAP.
via Collider
This is are the final figures:
| Title | Weekend | Gross | Weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Logan | $88.4M | $88.4M | 1 | |
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Get Out | $28.2M | $78.1M | 2 | |
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The Shack | $16.2M | $16.2M | 1 | |
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The LEGO Batman Movie | $11.7M | $148.7M | 4 | |
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John Wick: Chapter 2 | $4.8M | $82.9M | 4 | |
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Before I Fall | $4.7M | $4.7M | 1 | |
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Hidden Figures | $3.8M | $158.8M | 11 | |
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The Great Wall | $3.6M | $41.4M | 3 | |
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Fifty Shades Darker | $3.6M | $110.0M | 4 | |
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La La Land | $3.0M | $145.7M | 13 |