Canadian Mutant Overtakes The Box Office And Now, The World!

Unofficially kicking summer off, the latest from the X-Men empire, Wolverine, was in first place in its opening weekend, grossing an estimated $87 million in theatres. This is good news for the franchise with a Wolverine sequel in the works. It's even better news for Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, who plays Marvel superhero Deadpool and will be getting his own spin-off.

Slate has a very entertaining ode to the Wolverine phenomenon: http://www.slate.com/id/2217342/