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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds battle it out at box office

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds battle it out at box office
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Married couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have battled it out for top of the Box Office.

Lively's movie It Ends With Us went head-to-head with her husband's hit, Deadpool & Wolverine. In the end, It Ends With Us couldn't quite pip Reynolds' Marvel adventure at the post.

The romantic drama co-starring actor and director Justin Baldoni earned a healthy $50 million (£39.2 million) its first weekend in cinemas, but debuted at number two while the extremely popular Deadpool & Wolverine sailed in with $54.2 million (£42.5 million), according to Box Office Mojo.

Variety reported that this was the first time in more than three decades that a married couple had their films top the box office.

The last time was in 1990 when Bruce Willis starred in Die Hard 2 at the same time that his then-wife Demi Moore appeared in the romantic drama Ghost.

This weekend, Twisters - the action adventure set in the middle of tornado country - came in a distant third with $15 million (£11.8 million).

The film starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones has been a big success in the US and around the world so far.

Borderlands debuted in fourth place. The thriller based on the best-selling video game follows a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl.

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