After all the serious suerphero movies about saving the world for the umpteenth time, moviesgoers embraced the irreverent, fourth-wall breaking humor of the R-rated Deadpool [DEADP] in a record-smashing way with an estimated $150.0 million over the 4-day holiday weekend. Deadpool debuted with $132.1 million over 3-days to set new all-time highs for February, for an R-rated film, and for the studio Fox, which had been reluctant to make the film. The audience was 62% male and 53% over the age of 25.
After two weeks at the top, Kung Fu Panda 3 [PAND3] dropped to second to $26.0 million to bring its total to $100.3million.
How to be Single [HTBSN] opened in third place with $20.6 million over the long weekend. The comedy skewed heavily female at 82% with 61% under the age of 35.
Zoolander 2 [ZOOL2] tanked with just a $16.0 million debut for fourth overall. The very late sequel attracted a crowd that was 51% female and 62% over the age of 25.
Hail, Caesar! [HAILC] finished seventh at $7.2 million, bringing its cumuative total to $22.0 million.
| Title | F-S-S-M | Total | |
| 1 | Deadpool | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 |
| 2 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | 26,000,000 | 100,262,387 |
| 3 | How To Be Single | 20,600,000 | 20,600,000 |
| 4 | Zoolander 2 | 16,000,000 | 16,000,000 |
| 5 | Revenant, The | 7,800,000 | 160,064,599 |
| 6 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 7,631,000 | 916,275,964 |
| 7 | Hail, Caesar! | 7,227,320 | 21,992,290 |
| 8 | Choice, The | 5,950,000 | 13,959,551 |
| 9 | Ride Along 2 | 5,020,440 | 83,551,675 |
| 10 | Boy, The | 3,583,000 | 31,448,587 |
| 11 | Finest Hours, The | 3,212,000 | 23,739,846 |
| 12 | 5th Wave, The | 3,100,000 | 29,919,370 |
Tag(s): DEADP, PAND3, HTBSN, ZOOL2, HAILC