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2018-05-20 16:45:48 TWX Acquired by T $94.26 / +1.37 (+1.47%) , CMCSA Comcast $32.72 / +0.3 (+0.93%) … 16:45 05/20/18 05/20 16:45 05/20/18 16:45	Box Office Battle: 'Deadpool 2' debuts at number 1 with $125M Ryan Reynolds and Fox's (FOXA) "Deadpool 2" won the weekend box office, with $125M domestically and $301M globally after scoring the biggest foreign debut ever for an R-rated title. Playing in a total of 4,349 theaters in North America, the widest release in Fox history, the movie earned an A CinemaSCore and sports an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Disney (DIS) and Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" fell to number 2, grossing $28.7M in its fourth weekend to finish Sunday with a North American total of $595M and topping the $1.8B mark worldwide. Behind it was Viacom's (VIAB) Paramount "Book Club," earning $12.5M from 2,781 theaters in its first outing. Warner Bros.' (TWX) New Line "Life of the Party" placed number 4, with an estimated $7.7M from 3,656 theaters. Rounding out the top five, Comcast's (CMCSA; CMCSK) Universal "Breaking In" ended the weekend with $6.4M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox's (FOXA; FOX), Lionsgate (LGF.A) and Sony (SNE). TWX Acquired by T $94.26 / +1.37 (+1.47%) CMCSA Comcast $32.72 / +0.3 (+0.93%) CMCSK Comcast $0.00 / + (+0.00%) SNE Symbol now SONY $48.60 / -0.2 (-0.41%) FOX Fox Corp. $37.27 / -0.01 (-0.03%) FOXA Fox Corp. $37.67 / -0.08 (-0.21%) LGF.A Lionsgate $24.27 / +0.3 (+1.25%) DIS Disney $103.94 / -0.4 (-0.38%) VIAB VIAB / + VIA Via Renewables $33.80 / -0.75 (-2.17%)	21 May

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Box Office Battle: 'Deadpool 2' debuts at number 1 with $125M

Ryan Reynolds and Fox's (FOXA) "Deadpool 2" won the weekend box office, with $125M domestically and $301M globally after scoring the biggest foreign debut ever for an R-rated title. Playing in a total of 4,349 theaters in North America, the widest release in Fox history, the movie earned an A CinemaSCore and sports an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Disney (DIS) and Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" fell to number 2, grossing $28.7M in its fourth weekend to finish Sunday with a North American total of $595M and topping the $1.8B mark worldwide. Behind it was Viacom's (VIAB) Paramount "Book Club," earning $12.5M from 2,781 theaters in its first outing. Warner Bros.' (TWX) New Line "Life of the Party" placed number 4, with an estimated $7.7M from 3,656 theaters. Rounding out the top five, Comcast's (CMCSA; CMCSK) Universal "Breaking In" ended the weekend with $6.4M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox's (FOXA; FOX), Lionsgate (LGF.A) and Sony (SNE).

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