It was yet another monster weekend for Disney and Marvel's
Black Panther as the superhero feature became the third fastest film to ever reach $500 million domestic. Meanwhile, the weekend's new wide releases came up just a bit short of
Mojo's pre-weekend forecast with Fox's
Red Sparrow taking runner-up position behind
Black Panther and MGM's
Death Wish landing in third. It's also Oscar Sunday, which means we'll end this recap with a brief look at this some of year's nominees and how they stack up at the box office.
With an estimated
$65.7 million, Disney and Marvel Studios's
Black Panther topped the weekend box office for the third straight weekend, becoming only the third film in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe to accomplish that feat over its first three weeks in release, the others being
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and
The Avengers. As noted above, the film also topped $500 million domestic, becoming the
third fastest film to do so, bringing in $501.1 million in just 17 days, tied with
Jurassic World and one day behind
Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Black Panther's performance so far has it ranked as the
tenth highest grossing domestic release of all-time, third highest grossing
comic book adaptation and
superhero film and it has now found a spot within
the all-time top 50 worldwide. This weekend's performance was also the
third largest third weekend of all-time and should the past two weekends be any indication, it could leapfrog
Avatar for second largest if actuals come in ~$2.8 million higher than estimates.
Speaking of worldwide,
Black Panther added another $56.2 million internationally this weekend, pushing its overseas cume of $396.6 million for a global tally just shy of $900 million. This weekend saw the film open in Japan with an estimated $2.4 million ($4.2M including previews), besting
Ant-Man,
Guardians of the Galaxy and
Thor: Ragnarok. The UK still leads all international markets with nearly $50 million followed by South Korea ($41.4 million).
Black Panther will open in China, its final international market, next weekend.
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $501,105,037 55.8%
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Foreign: $396,600,000 44.2%
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Worldwide: $897,705,037