Deadpool and Wolverine became one of the most successful films of all time, helping to propel Hugh Jackman’s turn as the iconic Marvel character to a new milestone. Jackman’s last performance as the character before Deadpool and Wolverine was in Logan in 2017, which was originally going to be the last time Jackman would play Wolverine after playing the character for over two decades in various X-Men films. Things changed, of course, and Hugh Jackman reprized his role once again, helping to lead the franchise to greater success than ever before.
Deadpool and Wolverine proved that Hugh Jackman still had what it takes to play Wolverine, opening up the possibility of his return in other future MCU projects. Jackman as Wolverine has proven to be financially successful since 2000, but was Deadpool and Wolverine this led to it surpassing an incredibly impressive box office milestone.
Hugh Jackman was left out of just 2 X-Men films
In addition to the first two Dead Pool movies (which basically exist as their own thing), There are only two X-Men films that Hugh Jackman didn’t appear in. These were Dark Phoenix and New Mutantsas these films were also released after Jackman initially finished his tenure as Wolverine. Appearing in nine other films in the franchise before Deadpool and Wolverine shows not only how popular Hugh Jackman is as Wolverine, but the dedication he has to the character.
It all started with Jackman’s Wolverine stealing the show in X-Men, and eventually, he became the only character from the first X-Men trilogy to get its own movie. The franchise reached its box office peak with X-Men: Days of Future Pastand its swan song with Logan It is considered one of the best comic book films ever made. Hugh Jackman did it all as the character and achieved several financial successes in the process. That’s why it’s so impressive that Deadpool and Wolverine took that success to even greater heights.
Deadpool and Wolverine took Jackman’s X-Men appearances beyond $5.5 billion
Before Deadpool and Wolverinethe X-Men the franchise was relatively successful at the box office. Some films performed poorly, but overall most of them were at least moderately successful. Despite this, none managed to crack the top 25 highest-grossing superhero films of all time, until Deadpool and Wolverine landed in 6th place overall. That’s it the gross total was more than US$ 1.3 billionan astronomical number.
With Deadpool and Wolverine adding to Hugh Jackman’s box office total as the character, helped increase its gross revenue to more than US$5.5 billionan incredibly impressive number that few actors could dream of. Deadpool has finally joined the MCU and Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine after leaving was the perfect combination to make the film so successful, really adding a cherry on top to Jackman’s already impressive resume as the character.
Hugh Jackman’s Brand Makes His MCU Future Inevitable
When Logan came out, that It really felt like the last time Hugh Jackman would play Wolverineand it was a fitting farewell. However, this was not the case, and his return as a character in Deadpool and Wolverine really showed how much star power Hugh Jackman has as Wolverine and as an actor. Because of this, it’s still hard to move on from Jackman as Wolverine, and this continued popularity essentially makes his return to the MCU once again inevitable.
He’s too popular as Wolverine for Marvel Studios to ignore.
There is still no confirmation on which characters will be included in the Avengers: Secret Warsbut Jackman’s return seems likelyseeing as it is the grand culmination of the Multiverse Saga and what appears to be the final chapter of several Marvel comic book universes. He’s too popular as Wolverine for Marvel Studios to ignore. When the time comes for the MCU to actually introduce all mutants into the main universe, it may be difficult to imagine anyone else playing the character.
Hugh Jackman enjoyed immeasurable success playing Logan for more than two decades, but it was his turn as the character in Deadpool and Wolverine this really took it to the next level, showing how much star power he has. Because of the film’s box office success, Jackman returning in the future doesn’t seem that far-fetched. It would also give the actor the opportunity to increase the box office total from his time as Wolverine, making him even more impressive.
Source: The Numbers