Celebrity Status: Deadpool, Gaga, And Downey Jr Returning To The MCU
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE _ The comic book blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine” has unleashed a box office frenzy, raking in $205 million in its debut weekend. Ticket sales shattered records, surpassing its predecessor “Deadpool” to achieve the biggest R-rated opening weekend ever. It also claimed the title for the biggest start of the year, outpacing Disney’s “Inside Out 2.” Internationally, the film amassed $233.3 million, reaching a global total of $438 million.
- Deadpool & Wolverine, $205 million
- Twisters, $35.3 million
- Despicable Me 4, $14.2 million
- Inside Out 2, $8.3 million
- Longlegs, $6.7 million
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Lady Gaga Refers to Longtime Boyfriend Michael Polansky as Her “Fiancé” at Paris Olympics
The singer is in the City of Light for the Summer Games, where she performed at the Opening Ceremony on Friday.
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Doom is coming for the MCU. Kevin Feige dropped the news that the Russo Bros. are returning to the Marvel fold to direct Avengers 5 and 6 at the end of a relatively calm Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday. This announcement wasn’t shocking given the previous week’s news that the duo was in talks to direct the films and have a hand in Marvel Studios from now on.
What was surprising is that the film formerly titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, has been reworked and retitled Avengers: Doomsday, leaving no question that Marvel’s greatest villain, the man who inspired Darth Vader himself, Doctor Doom, will finally make his long-anticipated debut in the MCU. Before fans could even process that news, the Russo Bros. came back with an even bigger announcement. And the reaction from fans was…well, let’s call it mixed. Robert Downey Jr. is making his return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, but not as Tony Stark. This time he’ll be putting on a different suit of armor as Doctor Doom.