Deadpool has the biggest opening for a R rated movie ever

BY ALEX OSBORN Deadpool performed incredibly well at the box office on Friday, setting the new record for an R-rated film's debut day.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox's new film"starring Ryan Reynolds as its smart-mouthed antihero"earned a whopping $47.5 million Friday, putting it among the top 10 comic book movie openings of all time, and at number one for an R-rated feature, regardless of genre. The opening day is also higher than any of 20th Century Fox's other X-Men-related films to date.

Thanks to its impressive debut, Deadpool is on track to gross $117 million during its first three days and $130 million over the course of the four-day President's Day weekend. Seeing as how only ten superhero movies have ever crossed the $100 million mark during a weekend debut, Fox is undoubtedly pleased with how its film is currently performing.

Deadpool was initially expected to make somewhere between $65 and $70 million over the long holiday weekend. Couple that with its modest $58 million budget, and it's no wonder the studio has already green-lit a sequel.

Getting Deadpool made was at the top of Reynolds' wish list, and now that the actor's dream has finally been realized, an X-Force film is his next priority