Deadpool is proving to be surprisingly magnanimous as the flippant character loses a box office record to The Odyssey.
Universal Pictures confirmed Thursday that Christopher Nolan‘s mythological epic has collected $1.352 billion globally to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. The sum surpasses the $1.338 billion that Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine collected after hitting theaters in July 2024.
Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson, The Odyssey has had a historic run at the box office since its July 17 release, with its domestic cume now standing at $516.3 million. Earlier this month, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film had surpassed Nolan’s 2012 movie The Dark Knight Rises to become the acclaimed filmmaker’s highest-grossing movie ever globally.
Ryan Reynolds, known for playing the mouthy mercenary in the Deadpool franchise, took to social media to congratulate The Odyssey and pass the torch. His post included clips from Deadpool & Wolverine, in which Reynolds’ Deadpool coincidentally battles Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in a Honda Odyssey minivan.
“Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of The Odyssey for becoming the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time,” Reynolds wrote. “That is one helluva car.”
More to come.
