Black Pantherhad a dominant opening weekend where it was able beat outAvengers: Age of Ultron. Now the latest MCU movie is doing even better than the originalThe Avengers. Disney just sent out its latest estimates, andBlack Pantherpulled in $14.3 million on Thursday, which is the best Thursday ever for an MCU title asThe Avengersonly pulled in $12.4 million. That brings, in less than a week,Black Panther’s domestic total to $292 million. That’s a bigger first week thanThe Avengershad ($270 million). That means you’ve got a movie that people not only want to see, and told their friends to see, but a movie people are seeing more than once.
That bodes very well forBlack Panther’s second weekend. WhileGame NightandAnnihilationare both good movies,Black Pantherwill likely dominate again. Even if it only has a traditional 53% drop (which is typical of other Marvel titles), the movie will still make somewhere between $85-95 million over the weekend, which will put it close to $400 million domestic in just 10 days. At this rate, and with not much competition in the weeks ahead (the biggest movie on the horizon is eitherA Wrinkle in Time, which opens March 9th, orTomb Raider, which opens March 16th),Black Panthercould easily end up being in the Top 5 highest-grossing movies of 2018.
Be sure to keep checking back this weekend for more on the Marvel’s film progress at the box office.
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