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- Bookies now make Despicable Me 4 and Deadpool 3 the joint favourites to top the Box Office this year
- Deadpool and Wolverine is the third film in the Deadpool franchise with bookies offering specials around the movie
- Dune's odds shorten after a stellar performance at the Box Office this year
Bookies now make Despicable Me 4 and Deadpool 3 the joint favourites to top the Box Office this year
With betting still available on the Highest Grossing Film Worldwide in 2024, OLBG have taken a look at the latest betting odds offered by bookmakers for the market with a change towards the top.
Despicable Me 4 and Deadpool 3 are now the joint favourites in the odds list to top the global box office in 2024 with bookies expecting both films to have a massive showing in cinemas later this year.
The two films are set to be released just a fortnight apart from each other with Despicable Me 4 releasing 12 July followed by Deadpool 3, Deadpool and Wolverine, on July 26.
Paddy Power's latest betting market is unable to separate the pair at the top of the betting market with the latest odds giving them both a 40% chance of being the highest grossing movie of 2024.
| Highest Grossing Film Worldwide 2024 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Despicable Me 4 | 6/4 | 40.0% |
| Deadpool 3 | 6/4 | 40.0% |
| Wicked | 7/2 | 22.2% |
| Dune: Part Two | 7/2 | 22.2% |
| Mufasa: The Lion King | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| Inside Out 2 | 15/2 | 11.8% |
What the expert says...
Deadpool and Wolverine is the third film in the Deadpool franchise with bookies offering specials around the movie
Deadpool 3 or Deadpool and Wolverine to give it its full name is set to be released at the end of July and plenty of theories and rumours around the movie have already been reported.
With Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds owning League One football club Wrexham, bookies have constantly offered odds of Wrexham footballers appearing in the movie as cameos throughout.
Star striker Paul Mullin is the 6/4 favourite in the market to make a cameo in the film with non-playing stars of documentary 'Welcome to Wrexham' also featuring in the odds list.
| To appear in Deadpool 3 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Mullin | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Ollie Palmer | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Ben Foster | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Shaun Harvey | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Wayne Jones | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Dune's odds shorten after a stellar performance at the Box Office this year
Dune: Part Two has been the biggest market mover in the odds list to be the Highest Grossing Film Worldwide this year with the movie shortening from 9/2 to 7/2 in the past month.
This is largely due to the performance that the movie has had so far with BoxOfficeMojo's stats showing the movie sitting at the top of the Worldwide Box Office so far with more than $711m made so far.
Those figures puts the movie ahead of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire which lags $150m behind the leader in the Box Office list with plenty more massive releases expected this year.
