1: Deadpool

Deadpool:

Deadpool has so far smashed box office records by becoming one of the highest grossing R - rated movies of all time, by making over $135 at the box office on just its opening weekend deadpool has far exceeded expectations. A films success is measured by how much money it grosses, i.e. how much profit is made by the film by ticket sales. This refers to the total sum of money of all the tickets brought, around the world.

The film’s success was mainly down to the marketing, by releasing promo videos, interviews and using valentines weekend deadpool snatched up every opportunity to grab the much needed attention from the public.Other reasons why the film was such a hit are how unique and different the film was compared to others in the same genre, as well as this the film was very faithful to the comics. this helps the film as fans of the franchise and genre as a whole are not disappointed by the outcome. The style in which deadpool was created in differed from all other ‘super hero’ movies, the dark humour was one distinctive difference which raised the rating to a 15. As well as this the constant break of the fourth wall gave the film a different effect which was favoured by both fans and critics.

The character of deadpool is completely different to what the film industry had been portaying a super hero to be, the shocking difference in the plot and movie as a whole was much needed and much appreciated.