‘Black Panther’ Box Office Numbers Are Even Bigger Than Expected
Over the weekend, theBlack Pantherbox office numbers were already exceeding even the most generous predictions. Disney estimated that their three-day opening weekendwas going to be $192 millionwhile the four-day holiday weekend was projected to rake in $218 million. But theBlack Pantherbox office haul has gotten even bigger.
The latestBlack Pantherbox office numbers have the movie pulling in $201.8 million for the three-day opening weekend, and the Presidents' Day holiday total is projected to be $235 million. Those numbers have it shattering records already, and there’s a chance it could pass up some huge blockbusters on the box office charts still.
The Hollywood Reporterhas the latest numbers. With the new domestic total, the film will still land at the #5 spot on the list of the biggest opening weekends of all time. It’s much further aboveAvengers: Age of Ultron’s opening at $191.3 million, but still not enough to passThe Avengersat $207.4 million. However, it could still end up climbing some other charts.
The projected four-day total hasBlack Pantheralready passingJurassic Worldin the #3 spot for best four-day gross, but if the numbers keep climbing (as rival studios and industry insiders are predicting), it could passStar Wars: The Last Jediat #2 with $241.6 million. However, it’s unlikely to topStar Wars: The Force Awakensat #1, with its gargantuan $288.1 million four-day total.
Over the weekend,Black Pantherearned the second biggest Sunday gross ever with $60.1 million. That puts it just behindStar Wars: The Force Awakensat $60.6 million. That’s quite the close call, and there’s a chance it could end up breaking that record entirely when the official numbers are tallied.
Otherwise, no matter how much higher theBlack Pantherbox office numbers climb, the film has already set records for the biggest opening for an African-American director, the biggest February opening, and the biggest Presidents' Day opening.
Globally,Black Pantherperformed well, though not quite as big as in the United States. The film opened in nearly every international market except Russia (Feb. 22), Japan (March 1) and China (March 9), adding $169 million to the global box office through Monday. It’s enough to earn the movie the 15th biggest international opening of all time. Across the pond, the movie even earned the second best opening for a Marvel movie, just behindAvengers: Age of Ultron.
There will be plenty moreBlack Pantherbox office news as the official, precise numbers are finalized, so stay tuned to find out all about the records broken by the Marvel movie.
