As sad as it is for many of us to seeHugh Jackman hang up the clawsand retire the role of Wolverine, audiences have made it clear that they love to watch him leave.Loganhas been raking it in at the box office all month and now, the movie has just crossed another milestone. The third and final soloWolverinemovie withHugh Jackmanplaying the iconic mutant has just crossed $200 million at the domestic box office.
According toBox Office Mojo, Logan, as of this writing, has made $201.45 million at the domestic box office alone. That puts it well above the other two soloWolverinemovies and when all’s said and done,Logancould wind up getting close to the worldwide total ofX-Men Origins: Wolverinedomestically. That is pretty impressive and is likely to make the folks over at Fox very happy. But, perhaps more importantly, the fans are clear very happy and that is why the movie is doing so well.
Internationally,Loganis tearing it up as well and is showing few signs of slowing down. The movie has made nearly $365 million overseas and when adding that to its impressive domestic total,Loganhas already made $565.4 million worldwide. To put that into perspective,X-Men Origins: Wolverineonly made $373 million total andThe Wolverine, a movie that people actually liked, still only managed to bring in $414 million. Not to mention that both of those movies had reported budgets well north of $100 million, whileLoganwas reportedly made for $97 million. No matter how you slice it,Loganis going to go down as amassive success.
It is also worth noting that an R-ratedWolverinemovie is something that fans have wanted for quite some time and, thanks to the success ofDeadpool,Loganwas able to be the movieHugh Jackmanand directorJames Mangoldwanted it to be. They didn’t have to hold back. Now, as for howLogancompares toDeadpoolin terms of box office success, it will at least be close.Deadpoolfinished its run with $363 million domestically and $783 million worldwide. It isn’t likely thatLoganwill surpass that amount, but it should at least come close. R-rated or not, both of these movies have proved that talented, creative people can take slightly smaller budgets and expand upon the superhero/comic book genre with great success. This is something that will surely make a big impact on things moving forward and will be part ofHugh Jackman’s vast legacy.
Movies that critics don’t like very much regularly make a lot of money, but it sure doesn’t hurt anything if they do like it. And critics loveLogan. The movie currently has a very impressive 92 percent approval rating fromcritics on Rotten Tomatoes, with an equally impressive 93 percent audience rating. It is that near universal praise that has helped pushLoganto become a true box office success. We may never get to seeHugh Jackmanas Wolverine again, but it is safe to say he definitely went out on top.
