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02-21-2016, 10:31 PM
'Deadpool' and 'The Witch' highlight a weekend of box ****** underdogs
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The great thing about beating low expectations is it makes a big, unexpected success look so much more impressive.
Such is the case with*Deadpool (http://mashable.com/category/deadpool/) and*The Witch (http://mashable.com/category/the-witch/). An R-rated comic book adaptation and a horror movie, released*at a time of year that is traditionally reserved for ****** that Hollywood wants to either experiment with or simply hide deep beneath the bed, where ** one can ever find them.
See also: The truth about why Deadpool won't be hosting 'SNL' (http://mashable.com/2016/02/20/deadpool-snl-kanye-west-spoof/)
For*Deadpool, a movie that shouldn't logically exist (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/deadpool-writers-interview/) in the first place, Fox continues an impressive rise through the box ****** record books with its R-rated super-anti-hero action/comedy. The movie's estimated $55 million second weekend was e**ugh to snag first place, and a*10-day total of more than $235 million leaves all-time R-rated box ****** record — held by The Passion of the Christ, with $370 million —*in striking distance. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/deadpool-witch-weekend-box-******-report/)
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The great thing about beating low expectations is it makes a big, unexpected success look so much more impressive.
Such is the case with*Deadpool (http://mashable.com/category/deadpool/) and*The Witch (http://mashable.com/category/the-witch/). An R-rated comic book adaptation and a horror movie, released*at a time of year that is traditionally reserved for ****** that Hollywood wants to either experiment with or simply hide deep beneath the bed, where ** one can ever find them.
See also: The truth about why Deadpool won't be hosting 'SNL' (http://mashable.com/2016/02/20/deadpool-snl-kanye-west-spoof/)
For*Deadpool, a movie that shouldn't logically exist (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/deadpool-writers-interview/) in the first place, Fox continues an impressive rise through the box ****** record books with its R-rated super-anti-hero action/comedy. The movie's estimated $55 million second weekend was e**ugh to snag first place, and a*10-day total of more than $235 million leaves all-time R-rated box ****** record — held by The Passion of the Christ, with $370 million —*in striking distance. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/deadpool-witch-weekend-box-******-report/)
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