The movie Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, is still a box office hit, earning a healthy $97 million in its second weekend of release. This remarkable amount is just a 53% decrease from its phenomenal $211 million opening weekend, making it the eighth-biggest second weekend in domestic box office history.

With $824 million in worldwide receipts, the movie’s total earnings in North America have risen to $395 million. The box office results of the original two Deadpool films, which brought in $783 million and $786 million, respectively, have already been surpassed by this performance. Due to this, Deadpool & Wolverine is the second-highest-grossing movie of 2024, only behind Inside Out 2 with $1.555 billion made globally. It is also expected to surpass $1 billion shortly.

Even with Deadpool & Wolverine ongoing success, two recent releases failed to leave a lasting impression. With $15 million upon release, M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Trap, starring Josh Hartnett, opened in third place. This is one of Shyamalan’s less dramatic premieres, after the similarly low-key premieres of his most recent flicks, Knock at the Cabin and Old. With a 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a “C+” CinemaScore based on mixed reviews, Trap may struggle at the box office.

​​With a total of $6 million, the family-friendly movie Harold and the Purple Crayon, which was based on the well-liked children’s novel, came in sixth place. Zachary Levi is in the film, which has received negative reviews with a 28% “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On the other hand, CinemaScore gave it a more positive “A-” rating, suggesting that viewers were more accepting of the film.

With $22 million in its third weekend, Universal’s movie Twisters secured the No. 2 place. Twisters is a box office powerhouse, with $194 million in domestic revenue and $274.4 million worldwide.

The North American box office is still 16.5% behind despite these achievements. “July was a knockout, delivering big and pushing the month over the $1 billion mark domestically,” senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. But he issued a warning, saying that this momentum might not last into the upcoming weeks and that July’s hits will have to “bear the burden of bolstering the month of August as we head toward the summer season finish line.”