‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ again tops box office, ‘Reagan’ biopic exceeds expectations as summer movie season closes

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“Deadpool & Wolverine,” one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled the box office on a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.For the second weekend in a row, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Marvel’s smash hit that has shattered records and become the best-selling R-rated movie of all time, topped the charts, with other holdovers from the summer following behind.After six weeks in theaters, the film made $15.2 million domestically Friday through Sunday, and it’s expected to cross the domestic $600 million mark following Monday’s Labor Day holiday.The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman superhero flick will be one of only 16 titles to hit that milestone.“Reagan,” a biopic starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th US president, was the only new release competitive with holdover films that opened earlier this summer.Exceeding projections, the first full-length film about President Ronald Reagan earned $7.4 million over the three-day weekend, with an estimated cumulative total of $9.2 million including projections for Monday.Audiences have reacted to the movie positively, giving it an A CinemaScore and a 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.Critics have been less receptive, giving it a 19% rating and deeming it rotten on the popular ratings site.

It ranked No. 4 on the charts.The summer movie season, which runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, proved to be full of surprises, flops and overperformers. “Deadpool,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Inside Out 2,” and “Twisters” brought in impressive earnings and remained on the charts for several weeks after their releases, with all four titles claiming spots in the top 10 Labor Day weekend.“If you were to write up a blueprint of.