Deadpool & Wolverine is a dirty romp about two potty-mouthed superheroes full of fourth-wall breaking jokes, sexual innuendo, and unexpected cameos. It also, somehow, has the potential to become the biggest movie of 2024. Deadpool and Wolverine are both beloved characters, after all, and it’s the only movie Marvel Studios is releasing in theaters this year.
That’s quite the strategy pivot for a studio that was putting three movies in cinemas every year. But Marvel Studios has recently hit a slump critically and commercially. Fans complained about the overwhelming stream of content on streaming service Disney+. Last year, superheroes lost out at the box office to a doll, a plumber, and even a physicist. That state of affairs would have seemed impossibl…