‘Black Panther’ is set to score a MAJOR opening weekend at the box office.
As of now, the film is expected to pull a North American opening in the $100 million to $120 million range for the four-day Presidents Day weekend.
via Variety:
That would be a similar range to the two most recent Marvel entries — “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which launched to $117 million in its opening weekend in July, and “Thor: Ragnarok,” which debuted with $122 million on the second weekend of November. Tracking showed total awareness of “Black Panther” at 83%, unaided awareness at 35%, and definite interest at 56%.
Advance ticket sales for “Black Panther” set a new record earlier this month for Fandango as the top seller among Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in the first 24 hours, topping “Captain America: Civil War.”
Chadwick Boseman stars as T’Challa, who takes over as the king of Wakanda after his father T’Chaka is killed, as shown in “Captain America: Civil War.” The film also stars Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Michael B. Jordan. Ryan Coogler directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Joe Robert Cole.
“Black Panther” is the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Captain America: Civil War” opened in May of 2016, and is the 15th-highest worldwide grosser, with $1.15 billion. “Thor: Ragnarok” hauled $851 million worldwide.
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