Task 1: Deadpool was a massive box office success when it was released in cinemas back on February 10 th 2016. It actually managed to get $132,434,639 in its opening weekend, making Deadpool top the chart for the release weekend. It beat Kung Fu Panda 3 (which was 1 st , the weekend before), by over $112,678,901, that weekend. Deadpool was also released on the same day as How to Be Single, which managed to place itself at 3 rd , with only $17,878,911 . Deadpool made $782,621,155 worldwide, during its time in the cinema, whilst How to Be Single only made $112,143,513. So why was Deadpool so popular? Deadpool’s first comic book appearance was back in 1991, within a Marvel comic. The character then was part of a 2004 comic book series in which the character compares his appearance to, “Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar Pei”. This was what lead to Ryan Reynolds being cast as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Deadpool had always been featured within comics and films, but never ...
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