‘Black Panther’ becomes biggest domestic superhero film of all time
By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor From Seeking Alpha
The latest milestone for Black Panther (NYSE:DIS): becoming North America’s top-grossing superhero film of all time.
The film passed the $623.4M drawn by fellow Marvel title The Avengerstoday and became the fifth-highest grossing film of all time domestically, behind just Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avatar, Titanic and Jurassic World.
The latest of the film’s many record achievements is the more unprecedented for being a major-studio tentpole featuring a virtually all-black cast.
Pacific Rim Uprising (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is trying to become the first film to knock Black Panther off a five-week perch at the top, drawing $10.4M in Friday estimates to Black Panther’s $4.4M. The new film is tracking toward a $25M weekend and is likely to take the top spot come Monday.
On a worldwide basis, The Avengers has $1.52B in grosses to Black Panther’s $1.21B.
