Deapool Tops Box Office Again With $31.5 Million Weekend

Numbers updated; an earlier version of this story was published using preliminary estimates which proved to be incorrect.

As projected already, Fox's Deadpool took home the box office crown in North America this weekend, earning more than $30 million for the third consecutive weekend and beating out a crowd of new releases.

Deadpool earned $31.5 million this weekend, passing The Matrix Reloaded on the list of all-time highest-grossing R-rated movies, according to Exhibitor Relations.

Gods of Egypt, which cost about $150 million to make, earned less than half of what Deadpool did this weekend, with a $14 million opening that will position it as an early candidate for the biggest flop of the year.

Triple 9, a modestly-budgeted drama about police corruption featuring Captain America's Anthony Mackie, debuted out of the top five, while another new released -- Eddie the Eagle with X-Men franchise star Hugh Jackman and Kingsman: The Secret Service's Taron Edgerton -- debuted in fifth with $6.3 million.

Holdover Kung Fu Panda 3 earned $9 million to take the #3 spot, with Risen at #4 with $7 million.