Perhaps that is because any synopsis of this film would involve terms like “space-time matrix” and “man in a red body stocking”. But “Deadpool & Wolverine”, as a commercial venture, is not stupid at all. The film, which breaks taboos and the fourth wall with abandon, is startlingly successful: it made $211m during its first weekend (July 26th-28th) in America. That is the largest-ever opening for an R-rated film and the sixth-biggest grossing—the word is unusually apt—opening of all time.