Deadpool 2 beats Avengers: Infinity War in box office sales

The box office reign of "Avengers: Infinity War" has come to an end thanks to a raunchy mercenary.

20th Century Fox's R‑rated superhero film "Deadpool 2" won the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $USD125M opening weekend, according to Fox and that was enough to knock Disney and Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War" off the top spot, which it held for three weeks.

Despite losing its crown, "Infinity War" is still a box office king. In less than a month of release, the superhero film, which stars Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans, has made $USD1.81 bn globally.

This weekend "Infinity War" made $USD113.1 million around the world following its opening in the world's second biggest movie market, China, last weekend.

As for "Deadpool 2," which stars Ryan Reynolds as the foul mouthed Marvel hero, it nabbed the second biggest domestic opening for an R‑rated film ever behind its predecessor 2016's "Deadpool," which pulled in $USD132 million for its opening.

Even though "Deadpool 2" and "Avengers: Infinity War" are Marvel films from two different studios, the films brought heroics to the box office this weekend.

[Source: CNN]