‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ claws its way back to #1 with an $18.3 million box office weekend

Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed the top spot at the domestic box office with an estimated $18.3 million weekend. After five weeks, the film has grossed $577.2 million in North America making it the eighth-biggest MCU film, besting Captain America: Civil War‘s $1.155 billion, according to Variety.

The movie has grossed $1.21 billion worldwide and is now the second-highest grossing movie of the year behind Pixar’s Inside Out 2‘s $1.64 billion.

Meanwhile, by surpassing $1 billion at the international box office, Inside Out 2 has now become the first animated feature to do so, per Variety.

20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus, which debuted at the top of the domestic box office last week, dropped to second place, earning an estimated $16.2 million, raising its tally to $72.6 million. The latest film in the Alien franchise has collected $225.4 million globally.

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Third place went to Blake Lively‘s It Ends with Us, delivering an estimated $11.8 million at the North American box office, for a three-week total of $120.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $242.6 million.

Zoë Kravitz‘s directorial debut, Blink Twice, opened with an estimated $7.3 million, for a fourth place finish. The movie, which stars Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie, tacked on an estimated $6.7 million internationally, for a global tally of $14 million.

Rounding out the top five was the faith-based drams The Forge, debuting with an estimated $6.6 million in North America.

Elsewhere, the remake to 1994’s The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs, opened with an estimated $4.6 million domestically for an eighth place finish.