First reactions from the first

Fifteen years after Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman brought Deadpool and Wolverine to the big screen in the tragically doomed film X-Men Origins: WolverineThe duo offers the characters a real film of friendship.

Reynolds and Jackman premiered their film in New York on Monday, while press across the country also got their first full screenings of the film. Early reactions are now coming in on social media, ahead of the official reviews, which will be released on Tuesday. (Scroll down to read the reactions.)

The film is on track to gross a massive $165 million domestically when it opens this weekend, which would mark the biggest R-rated theatrical release of all time.

Frequent Reynolds collaborator Shawn Levy directs Deadpool and Wolverineand wrote the screenplay with Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells. Emma Corrin stars as the film’s antagonist, while a number of faces from Deadpool and Wolverine’s past appear, including Dafne Keen, who played Wolverine’s daughter Laura in Logan (2017).

The feature film has had a long and winding path to the big screen. dead Pool proved to be a surprise hit in 2016, propelling Reynolds and the character to new levels of success. It was followed two years later by the fast-tracked film Deadpool 2But the third installment took six years to hit theaters, complicated by the sale of 20th Century Fox to Disney. The deal gave Marvel Studios access to the Deadpool and X-Men characters for the first time, and also marked Marvel Studios’ first R-rated film.

The premiere will take place ahead of the film’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, as well as the Marvel panel on Saturday night, where it is expected to reveal insights into future films, such as Captain America: Brave New World And Love at first sight.