The full Deadpool & Wolverine cost is now on the record, and it came in higher than Disney planned. A new filing from the Disney company that made the film in Britain puts the total bill at $556.8 million, and the production now admits it went over budget.
That figure comes from the latest accounts of Richmond Street Productions UK, the Disney subsidiary set up to make the movie, covering the year to October 31, 2025. Forbes broke down the numbers on Wednesday, including $23.1 million that was spent in that period, which ended roughly 15 months after the film opened in theaters.
The filing also carries a blunt line from the company’s financial controller, Tracy Bermingham: “at the year-end, the production was complete, final costs exceeded the production budget.” The accounts do not say what the original budget was.
What Disney Actually Paid
The $556.8 million is the gross figure. Because the movie was shot largely at Pinewood Studios outside London, Disney was able to claim back $110.7 million through British tax credits and reimbursements. That brings the net cost down to $446.1 million, the amount Disney actually carried on the production once the credits came back.
Part of the overrun traces back to 2023. About half the movie had been filmed when the Hollywood strikes halted production in July of that year. While shooting was paused, the team kept working on the story and came up with a new sequence featuring more Wolverine variants, which meant extra costumes and different sets once cameras rolled again.
Did The Movie Still Make Money
On the box office alone, yes. Deadpool & Wolverine earned $1.34 billion worldwide after its July 2024 release, which made it the biggest R-rated movie ever at the time. Theaters keep roughly half of every ticket, so Forbes estimated Disney’s cut at around $670 million, leaving a gap of about $224 million over the net production cost.
That is not the full picture, though. The filing covers only the cost of making the movie. Marketing, which Forbes notes can top $200 million for a worldwide campaign of this size, is not included, and neither is the money the film has brought in since from streaming, home video and merchandise. A Disney spokesperson told Forbes the filing is “not reflecting a true account of whether the film was overall profitable.”
British filings like this one offer one of the few public looks at what Disney’s biggest productions cost. The same kind of paperwork showed earlier this month that Star Wars: Starfighter had already cost $226.5 million by January, well before that film’s release.
So Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s team-up was a huge hit at the box office, and also an expensive one. By the production company’s own accounting, it finished above the budget Disney set for it.
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