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The tally obliterates the opening weekend records for an R-rated film (&#8220;The Matrix Reloaded,&#8221; $91.8 million) and for a February release (&#8220;50 Shades of Grey,&#8221; #85.2 million).<\/p>\n<p>It also obliterates the totals posted by this weekend&#8217;s other cinema options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kung Fu Panda 3,&#8221; last week&#8217;s leader, slips to #2 with $19.7 million in estimated weekend receipts.  New release &#8220;How To Be Single&#8221; follows with $18.8 million, while fellow newcomer &#8220;Zoolander 2&#8221; takes #4 with a modest $15.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Revenant&#8221; closes out the Top 5 thanks to a $6.9 million weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[5798,5747,5680,5577,5797],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Deadpool&quot; Crushes Records, Dominates Weekend Box Office; &quot;How To Be Single&quot; Edges &quot;Zoolander 2&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone knew &quot;Deadpool&quot; was going to claim victory at the weekend box office. 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