Last week,Deadpoolfans celebrated the box office blockbuster’smonthiversarywith a new trailer revisiting some of the movie’s most iconic moments.Deadpoolhas taken in just over $328 million domestically, and over $380 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $708.1 million, from just a $58 million budget, setting the bar even higher for every superhero movie to come for the rest of this year. Today, we have a new video from the visual effects house Atomic Fiction, which breaks down their incredible VFX work on the epic freeway chase scene.
The chase scene was actually part of the now-iconictest footage, which was shot byRyan Reynoldsand directorTim Millerin hopes of getting 20th Century Fox to greenlight the movie. After the test footage leaked and was widely beloved by the fans, the studio stepped up and green lit the movie, which was obviously the right move since it went on to become a box office sensation. The movie has already become the highest-grossing movie domestically in 20th Century Fox’sX-Menfranchise, and it will likely passX-Men: Days of Future Past’s franchise-best worldwide tally of $747.9 million in the near future. While this movie isn’t a part of theMarvelCinematic Universe, it’s still outgrossed most of those movies so far, even with the restrictiveR rating.
This weekend,DeadpoolpassedMarvelStudios’Iron Manand its domestic take of $318 million. IfDeadpoolwas in the MCU, it would be the fifth-highest grossing adventure out of the 12 movies released thus far, trailing just behindGuardians of the Galaxy($333.1 million),Iron Man 3($409 million),Avengers: Age of Ultron($459 million) andMarvel’s The Avengers($623.3 million). While it will most certainly passGuardians of the Galaxysoon, we’ll have to wait and see if the Merc With the Mouth can cross $400 million domestically and $1 billion worldwide.
Deadpool’s success has spawned talk of futureX-Menmovies becoming R-rated, includingWolverine 3andX-Force. 20th Century Fox is already moving forward withDeadpool 2, withRyan Reynoldsreturning to star as the title character. The creative team, including directorTim Miller, writersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernickand producerSimon Kinbergall expected to return. The studio hasn’t announced an official release date for the sequel, but hopefully we’ll hear more about this follow-up soon.
Last month, we reported that fans can already pre-orderDeadpoolonBlu-ray and DVD, although the studio hasn’t issued an official release date quite yet. It’s possible that this VFX reel could be included in the bonus features, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet, so stay tuned. While we wait for more onDeadpool 2and theDeadpoolBlu-ray and DVD release, take a look at this VFX reel below.
