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Deadpool & Wolverine is the most watched movie of all time – The Hollywood Reporter

The Kansas City Chiefs weren’t the only big winners coming out of the Super Bowl.

Premiere of Marvel Studio’s trilogy Deadpool Wolverinewhich dropped before kickoff during a Super Bowl commercial pic, garnered 365 million views in its first 24 hours, making it the most-watched trailer in history, according to Marvel and parent company Disney.

The 365 million stats include views streamed during the Super Bowl broadcast, which reached an all-time high of 123 million viewers.

Starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, this summer superhero movie is directed by Shawn Levy. Reynolds — who has overseen the series from the beginning — and Levy were intent on setting a July 26 release date in North America despite facing a lengthy production delay due to last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike.

The record-breaking response to the trailer is good news for Kevin Feige’s Marvel, which has seen its fame and fortune dwindle as of late. Marvel, like its competitors, is also facing superhero fatigue among moviegoers.

Marvel is counting on him Deadpool Wolverine To accomplish a heroic feat and help revitalize the studio.

Deadpool 3 It will be the first Marvel Studios film to be rated R, as well as the first to be led by a hero who made his debut in films produced by 20th Century Fox. Disney and Marvel acquired the rights to characters like the X-Men (and mutants like Deadpool) through their acquisition of Fox in 2019.

the first dead pool, released in 2016, marked a defining moment for the superhero genre with its irreverent comedic tone (it also took Reynolds to a new level in terms of his stature as an actor, producer, and even marketer). It was a huge success for Fox and is the highest-grossing X-Men series. This time around, Reynolds is joined by Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen, as well as Jackman, who reprises his role as Wolverine after initially retiring from the character in 2017. Logan.

Reynolds wrote the screenplay with Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Levy