Solid Snake

Different. You shouldn't really compare.

The tones for the humor are different as well. This one is.. wild, perverse, and playful in whatever nonsense it falls in. War Zone's humor is... well... it plays w/ the graphic and pace of it.

It's not black humor. It's a lot of vocal, slapstick, and visual humor.

They cross some small paths in how they get to it but the aim is different.

DJLinus

I was wondering about that, too. Colossus (along with Nightcrawler) was my favorite X-Man back in my comic collecting days, but that was decades ago. I haven't read an X-Men book in many years, so I wondered if there his staying permanently metal was a change to the character or something. Either way, it was great for him to finally get more screen time this go round.

This movie was a total blast. Deadpool became popular a little after my comic reading time, so I wasn't too familiar with the character and probably missed some of the in-jokes. But that didn't stop me from loving it.

Also kudos to the marketing team. They were banging on all cylinders - it was probably the best movie marketing I've ever seen - but I was wondering if that would actually put butts in seats. Guess it worked.

Deftones

Now the projections are saying $41 million Thurs night/Friday with $115 million 4 day weekend: http://deadline.com/2016/02/deadpool...ce-1201699895/

Basically double Fox's original estimates.

Troy Stiffler

'dis gonna bomb

You doom and gloom bastards.

dex14

Now looking like $130mil : http://variety.com/2016/film/box-off...rd-1201705528/

Solid Snake

I wonder how much the marketing was.

They were very unique but also cheap and easy for the ones specifically w/ Reynolds in the suit. Marketing guys must have had so much fun w/ this. To actually bring imagination to marketing.

fumanstan

Doubt it, especially with the character already established with kids knowing who he is and wanting to see him. It would probably create more of a fuss then Deadpool's PG-13 petition.

Artman

Well Wolverine did have an R rated version for Blu-Ray, which was great. I bet they stick with PG-13 for theatrical (as close as they can get it), and spend some extra $$ to make and promote the R version for Blu-Ray, select screenings, etc.

This is a game changer... certainly for Fox. Fast track Deadpool 2, X-Force, etc. Still time to change Wolverine 3 and Gambit scripts if they want also. Breathes new life into the X-Men universe, unbelievable! Would be pretty funny if this made more than Apocalypse...

RichC2

As of mid-week they had spent an estimated $7.2m on TV ads. Primarily on Fox, ESPN and Adult Swim (which as it turns out, is its own channel separate from Cartoon Network) The pre-TV marketing was probably low, as most of it occurred online and was fairly basic. My guess is maybe $15m total advertising. They just had the right, witty, fan-driven ad campaign.

Just behind it were 10 Cloverfield Lane and Jason Bourne, which aired 1 ad a piece during the Super Bowl.

Paramount has spent $16.6m on Zoolander 2 with just TV ads in the last 7 days.

On a side note, the most successful ad of the Super Bowl is listed as Puppymonkeybaby, the weirdness apparently drew peoples attention more than any other single ad.

Deftones

They took over entire blocks of advertising on comedy central too. On the premiere of Tosh.0 all the commercials were Deadpool.

RichC2

Probably still made out like bandits (I don't think advertising on AS/Cartoon Network or FOX is particularly expensive, nor post-super bowl ESPN).

Dr. DVD

Saw it. Fucking loved it. More movies like this are needed.

onebyone

I don't know anything about Deadpool really, but I know that this movie was a whole lot of fun. I loved everything about it, with a special shoutout going to the script for being so on point. Good times.

Also, I was happy to see not one small child in the whole theater. Well done parents, well done.

silentbob007

Nothing like assigned IMAX seats next to a family of four with two kids. The boy asked why the unicorn was shooting stuff out of his horn.

mhg83

Just got back from seeing this. The whole theater was cracking up throughout the entire movie. Reynolds really made this movie work. Everyone else seemed kinda weak like Reynolds carried the entire movie. I took half a star off cause the movie felt incomplete. I know that's from budget cuts but I feel like the directors cut will be even better.

If this is a success those missing scenes can always be used in some way for the sequel...

HN

The animated eyes really add to the portrayal / performance. It's subtle but effective

devilshalo

I think they can tone it down to a PG13 for the sequel and have him beak the 4th wall about the censorship. Goes to the top of my superhero list. Well done, Reynolds.

mhg83

I don't understand why they can't release both? Have the R rated version release first and a month or two later release the PG-13 version.

fumanstan

Given how much money they made, no way in hell they would want to tone it down for PG-13. I don't see the point in doing it creatively speaking either.

Brack

Agreed. This is in The Matrix category of R, where its rating won't really limit its success.

asianxcore

There are two references to him in the film if I remember right.

His name ('Rob L.') is on coffee cup and Wade greets someone named 'Liefeld' in the Mercs Bar (I read that Liefeld is actually sitting at the bar but I didn't catch it).

I heard there are more Liefeld references but those are the only ones I caught on my first viewing.

Solid Snake

Isn't there a sign in the background behind DP on the bridge? On the right, while on our left was, I think, Nicieza?

I did like Wade called out Liefeld. That was fun.

Also good to see that they put in a Bob for this one.

Jackskeleton

Eh, Liefeld really is trying to ride this as much as he can even though his input in creating Dead Pool was basically ripping off another character.

Everything that makes Dead Pool the material that makes this much box office take had nothing to do with that hack of an "Artist"

Ash Ketchum

I didn't see any ads or trailers for this. The only thing I knew about it is from the DEADPOOL threads on this board and then reading Manohla Dargis' review of it in the Times on Friday.

Solid Snake

You must not be on the movie related stuff on the internet that much.

Also he had an ad on the Super Bowl. So... yeah. He was kind of everywhere.