--- description: The 'Deadpool' actor took to social media to bow down to the rival superhero film, which recently surpassed his own with box office sales. title: Ryan Reynolds Congratulates Wonder Woman in Cheeky Instagram image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18ebf4bc8fc7d7fe/6988d52e0a4a2251ad9ceff5/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ryan Reynolds Bows Down to _Wonder Woman's_ _Deadpool_\-Beating Glory With a Delightful Message  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2017 3:25 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Ryan Reynolds attends the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Ryan Reynolds attends the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)Taylor Hill—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2017 3:25 PM CUT Wade Wilson is a [Diana Prince](http://time.com/4792759/gal-gadot-on-wonder-woman-audition-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined") fan. At least, that’s the message from [_Deadpool_](http://time.com/4674853/logan-wolverine-x-men-timeline/item/deadpool-2/ "undefined")‘s Ryan Reynolds, who shared an Instagram post on Monday night bowing down to the box office glory of Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot’s [_Wonder Woman_](http://time.com/money/4843774/wonder-woman-box-office-worldwide/ "undefined"), which officially overtook _Deadpool_ in [ticket sales](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wonderwoman.htm "undefined") over the weekend to become the tenth-highest-grossing superhero film of all time with nearly [$369 million in domestic sales](https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/07/08/box-office-wonder-woman-ignores-spider-man-crosses-360-million/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/ "undefined"). _Deadpool_ hit $363 million, which means it brought in $5 million more so far. While they exist in rival superhero franchises — _Deadpool_ is a part of the Marvel universe and _Wonder Woman_ in the D.C. one — Reynolds didn’t seem bothered by some competition. Instead, he doffed his cap to praise his fellow comic-based film. “The merc may be filthier, but her B.O. is stronger,” he wrote wittily to caption an image of Deadpool’s glove-clad hands making a heart around a Wonder Woman pendant. (In _Deadpool_, Reynolds plays a “merc” or mercenary with a notably elaborate vocabulary of curses. And in this case, his reference to [Gal Gadot](http://time.com/4814808/gal-gadot-twitter-wonder-woman/ "undefined")‘s “B.O.” is a nod to strong box office sales, not — presumably — body odor.) Director Patty Jenkins responded to Reynolds’s shout-out on Twitter as well. “You are the absolute greatest, Ryan Reynolds,” she wrote. “We love you and your movie too.” > [](https://twitter.com/PattyJenks/status/884611179586310144) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4852824/ryan-reynolds-on-wonder-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4852824/ryan-reynolds-on-wonder-woman/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Bows Down to Wonder Woman's Deadpool-Beating Glory With a Delightful Message","datePublished":"2017-07-11T15:25:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:16.949Z","description":"The 'Deadpool' actor took to social media to bow down to the rival superhero film, which recently surpassed his own with box office sales.","url":"https://time.com/4852824/ryan-reynolds-on-wonder-woman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","wonder woman","Ryan Reynolds","Deadpool"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18ebf4bc8fc7d7fe/6988d52e0a4a2251ad9ceff5/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18ebf4bc8fc7d7fe/6988d52e0a4a2251ad9ceff5/ryan-reynolds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time 100","caption":"Time 100","creditText":"Taylor Hill—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4852824/ryan-reynolds-on-wonder-woman/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Bows Down to Wonder Woman's Deadpool-Beating Glory With a Delightful Message"}}]}] ```