Marvel’sBlack Pantherearned $10.1 million on its 12th day of release to become the 20th highest domestic grossing movie of all time, with $421.8 million, sailing pastWonder Womanand its previous holding of $412.6 million. The movie has also gone on to become one of the biggest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is pumping up the hype for the upcomingInfinity Warto insane levels.Infinity Warand the untitledAvengers 4will be the next time we get to see Chadwick Boseman’sBlack Pantheron the big screen.
In addition to moving past last summer’sWonder Woman,Black Pantherhas also passed upDisney and Pixar’s Toy Story, which was at $415 million previously. The new spot forBlack Pantherplaces it $1 million behind Disney’sThe Lion King, which it will pass this week for the 19th spot. Additionally, the movie is expected to earn the number one spot at the box office for the third week in a row, edging out newcomersRed SparrowandDeath Wish.
Black Pantheris currently at $748.1 million worldwide, placing it behindWonder Woman’s final haul of $821,847,012 after 23 weeks in the theater. However,Black Pantherwill go on to beat this record since it’s already nearly there in a fraction of the time thatWonder Womanwas in theaters. The movie is currently 86th on the list of thehighest grossing movies worldwideand has beat outSuicide Squadwith $746.8 million andX-Men: Days of Future Pastat $747.9 million. At less than three weeks in,Black Panther’s box office future is looking very bright.
Ryan Coogler’sBlack Pantherhas become acultural phenomenonsince its release and has ended up putting Disney in direct competition with itself, notes CEO Bob Eiger. Earlier this week, Eiger spoke about the immense popularity ofBlack Pantherand the possibility of a theme park ride in the near future while also stating that there’s going to be a lot of Black Panthers running around this Halloween. Eiger was not kidding about the direct competition.Black Pantherhas just edged out two of Disney’s must beloved movies in only 3 weeks at the box office and it will more than likely do some more damage in the coming weeks.
Black Pantheris heading into its third week in theaters andcontinuing to break recordsafter shattering its initial tracking of $100 million to $120 million, shocking nearly everybody that had been doing the tracking. Despite the efforts of online trolls to sabotage the user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, nothing seems to be stoppingBlack Pantherat this point. But will it join the highly coveted $1 billion club? That’s the real question now and it has quite a while to go. You can check out the box office earnings ofBlack PantherviaBox Office Mojo.
