'Black Panther' Opens With Record Breaking Numbers

Bespin refugee - February 19, 2018

"Black Panther" is the king of the box-office, taking in a record-breaking\ $201.8 million over the three-day weekend, and projected to reach $235 million-plus for the four-day holiday; the film was estimated to hit $192 million and $218 million, respectively.

"The Ryan Coogler-directed movie — unprecedented in being a big-budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all-black cast — secured the fifth-biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations. And it nabbed one of the top four-day grosses of all time after stomping past Jurassic World ($234.1 million) to land behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($241.6 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($288.1 million). Black Panther could climb even higher once weekend numbers are tallied Tuesday morning; rival studios put the four-day gross in the $240 million range.

On Sunday alone, the movie grossed an estimated $60.1 million, the second-biggest Sunday ever behind Force Awakens ($60.6 million) — and not by much.

"Black Panther" also scored "the biggest opening for an African-American director, the top-scoring superhero film on Rotten Tomatoes (97 percent) and the biggest February bow, supplanting previous champ Deadpool, which took in $152.2 million over the four-day Presidents Day weekend in 2016."

Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther, alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis. The story, described as a tale of black power and black pride in addition to its superhero themes, follows T'Challa as he is sworn in as king of Wakanda, a cloaked, technologically advanced nation in Africa that is home to the exotic metal vibranium, the source of Black Panther's powers."
(Source: TheHollywoodReporter,com)

MARVEL SHOPPING ONLINE

advertise here

Search Online Stores for

[+] Entertainment Earth

[+] Amazon

[+] Walmart

[+] BigBadToyStore

[+] Robot Kingdom

More Movies News

PSA Featuring Deadpool & Wolverine Asking People To Silence Cellphones In Theaters

Deadpool & Wolverine Movie Is Not Deadpool 3, According To Director Shawn Levy

New Images Of Anthony Mackie And Harrison Ford From Captain America: Brave New World

Footage Shown Of Captain America: Brave New World At Disney CinemaCon

How Does Robert Downey Jr. Feel About Returning To The Marvel Universe And Iron Man?

[+] Read More Movies News

Advertise on Marvelous News

Forums Communities: Toy Fans - Marvel Fans - Transformers Fans

@ToyNewsI Socials: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

@MarvelousNews Socials: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

@Tformers Socials: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

@JediInsider Socials: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

Entertainment News International (ENI) is the #1 popular culture network for adult fans all around the world.
Get the scoop on all the popular comics, games, movies, toys, and more every day!

Contact and Support

Advertising | Submit News | Contact ENI | Privacy Policy

©Entertainment News International - All images, trademarks, logos, video, brands and images used on this website are registered trademarks of their respective companies and owners. All Rights Reserved. Data has been shared for news reporting purposes only. All content sourced by fans, online websites, and or other fan community sources. Entertainment News International is not responsible for reporting errors, inaccuracies, omissions, and or other liablities related to news shared here. We do our best to keep tabs on infringements. If some of your content was shared by accident. Contact us about any infringements right away - CLICK HERE