By Anthony D'Alessandro
Deadpool and Wolverine at the Marvel booth at San Diego Comic Con
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
It's a crucial weekend for superhero movies, a weekend where they refuse to die.
Two powerful forces are set to create a cosmic explosion: The epicenter of the media frenzy, San Diego Comic-Con, which starts Thursday and runs through Sunday, coincides with the opening of Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine on Thursday, a film expected to have the biggest box office opening of the year so far, with a possible $200 million opening. It's one of only a handful of times that the mega global comics confab and an MCU movie have fallen on the same weekend.
