429 million after tax breaks but excluding marketing
A decent chunk of this money was probably spent during the strikes.
But what this really means is that Doomsday will have to fight an uphill battle just to break even.
Disastrous-Heron-4912025-11-29 20:03
Why an uphill battle?
Deadpool/wolverine made 240 million profit straight off the box office, minus around 200 marketing (on the high high end). Thats 40 million, before digital release, dvds, merch are even considered. It made a ton of money
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:06
Because Doomsday will easily cost significantly more than this and the box office has been unpredictable for comic book movies of late
Disastrous-Heron-4912025-11-29 20:11
Brother it took $530 million to make. Which would make it the most expensive movie ever made lol
Disastrous-Heron-4912025-11-29 20:12
Sorry, second most expensive after the latest Jurassic world (584 million).
Disastrous-Heron-4912025-11-29 20:13
Even including the rebates. It’s still the 5th highest, above all other avengers movies
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:14
Can't believe it cost that much.
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:16
Umm what I'm saying is that Doomsday will probably cost far more than this and hence the break even point will be pretty high. Add this to the uneven box office and we get some uncertainties. If it's good, it should still be able to turn a profit imo
Disastrous-Heron-4912025-11-29 20:17
What im saying is, Deadpool cost more than every single avengers movie. Why would this one suddenly cost significantly more?
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:19
Because Doomsday is supposed to have so many characters in massive set pieces + RDJ and Russos don't come cheap
At the end of the day, you could be perfectly right. Maybe it's just Reddit that's made me think that Doomsday will cost a shit ton more than the current most expensive movies
gutster_952025-11-29 19:55
For what it was, this is actually a insane amount of money. Even unreasonable amount of money
chimichanga_32025-11-29 19:58
Indeed. Didn't really seem like a movie that cost half a billion. Perhaps the strikes drove the costs up?
Variation_Afraid2025-11-29 19:58
Yeah but those movies will always make money so in a way it’s justified, doomsday will make that easily and I mean at the end of the day, story’s like secret wars won’t be told unless they spend insane amounts of money unless you get no names or unknowns
gutster_952025-11-29 20:01
I disagree here. Yes everything got more expensive, the world is in a crazy state right now. But having a movie that is 2h long, that really didnt had Avatar Level of VFX Quality costing this much? Thats just unreasonable high.
Those movies should cost 200 Mio max. Not 400-500 Mio.
Variation_Afraid2025-11-29 20:03
You gotta understand why it costed that much first my guy, it’s not just about VFX is also about actors and the strikes happening at the same time
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:08
The strikes lasted for the better part of a year and right in the middle of production too. They had to have been a major factor in this colossal expenditure
Variation_Afraid2025-11-29 20:11
VFX artists were not able to work during that time, and yes VFX starts before shooting but they work non stop during the making of the movie, and they also had to delay shooting because of the strikes
annoyingrelieve2025-11-29 19:59
Vfx looked awful in some spots
Significant_Silver992025-11-29 19:55
Ryan Reynolds saying back in 2024 that the film was made in a low budget
chimichanga_32025-11-29 20:04
I don't remember him saying that. As far as I know, he said that a low budget 5-10 mil movie was an alternative idea for Deadpool 3
dpittnet2025-11-29 19:58
Yes, it made a profit
chimichanga_32025-11-29 19:59
It did make a profit.
Around 250 million excluding marketing and dvd/Disney+/merch
RevolutionaryAd65762025-11-29 19:59
I hate how people are trying to turn a fan reddit into an accounting reddit.
Wooden-Radish-90082025-11-29 20:27
BuT if theSe mOvIeS doNt mAkE monEy theY wILl sToP mAKIng thEM
Champagnekudo2025-11-29 20:33
I mean what else are ppl gonna do, it’s not like they can discuss the merits of the movie lol. It has no substance.
CaptHayfever2025-11-29 21:49
This doesn't pass the sniff test. $533 million would be over 2.5x the reported budget. $533 million would be almost 200 million more than all 3 prior Reynolds-as-Wade movies *combined*. And the only sources listed in the financial portion of that long meandering article are a British tabloid (I wouldn't trust them to tell me who the current monarch is) & That Park Place (which [I've flagged in the past](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelStudios_Rumours/comments/1g183d4/weekend_free_talk_fresh_every_friday/lrornc0/?context=3) as being a total hack site), neither of which linked the actual government filing. The authors Caroline Reid & Chris Sylt have a history of slamming Disney & Marvel, & even recently appeared in a YouTube grifter's video that I will not link. And this article coming out *right* when the Doomsday marketing cycle is getting started is *hella* convenient.
[Deadline](https://deadline.com/2025/04/deadpool-and-wolverine-movie-profits-1236379215/) had an estimate of $580 million, but that ***INCLUDED*** marketing costs.
A posts similar to this one was [deleted](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1olnutf/contemporary_claimed_deadpool_wolverines_budget/) from the boxoffice sub last month after the people there, who normally **love** to watch MCU films fail, refused to accept such a ridiculous & unfounded claim.
chimichanga_32025-11-30 04:59
Thanks for the info. I was worried there for a second
Emperor_Orson_Welles2025-11-29 22:00
Interesting but it's bizarre that the latter half of the article consists of anti-drug rants. WTF?
CaptHayfever2025-11-29 22:08
Yeah, that gave me "tell ChatGPT I need more words to get paid" vibes. I had to actually look up the author to confirm she's a real person.
pedroktp2025-11-29 22:11
All that money and the void still looked like shit
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A decent chunk of this money was probably spent during the strikes.
But what this really means is that Doomsday will have to fight an uphill battle just to break even.
Deadpool/wolverine made 240 million profit straight off the box office, minus around 200 marketing (on the high high end). Thats 40 million, before digital release, dvds, merch are even considered. It made a ton of money
At the end of the day, you could be perfectly right. Maybe it's just Reddit that's made me think that Doomsday will cost a shit ton more than the current most expensive movies
Those movies should cost 200 Mio max. Not 400-500 Mio.
Around 250 million excluding marketing and dvd/Disney+/merch
[Deadline](https://deadline.com/2025/04/deadpool-and-wolverine-movie-profits-1236379215/) had an estimate of $580 million, but that ***INCLUDED*** marketing costs.
A posts similar to this one was [deleted](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1olnutf/contemporary_claimed_deadpool_wolverines_budget/) from the boxoffice sub last month after the people there, who normally **love** to watch MCU films fail, refused to accept such a ridiculous & unfounded claim.