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No doubt, Marvel Studio’s blockbuster, Black
Panther, has already notched several box office
feats.
The film received praise for its visuals, screenplay,
direction, performances, costume design, production
merits, soundtrack, and action sequences.
The film brought in $242m domestically in its four-day
opening weekend just behind Star Wars: The Force
Awakens.
It made made another $65m over the weekend. The
film has now raked in over $500m after just 17 days
in theatres, making it the 10th highest-domestic-
grossing movie in history.
The film is sure to eclipse the ninth spot on the list,
2017′s Beauty and the Beast, which made $504m
domestically.
The superhero film could even pass The Avengers,
which made $623m domestically in 2012 and is the
highest-grossing Marvel film of all time.
Those numbers make Black Panther the fifth largest
opening of all time, and the top February opening
weekend.
With a black director Ryan Coogler at the helm and a
nearly all-black cast, Black Panther is striking a chord
with fans, especially African-American audiences.
With a 97 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film
is a hit with critics as well.
Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film
based on the Marvel Comics character of the same
name.
Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the eighteenth
film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The film is directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote
the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, and stars
Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa / Black Panther,
alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai
Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright,
Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and
Andy Serkis.
In Black Panther, T’Challa returns home as king of
Wakanda but finds his sovereignty challenged by a
long-time adversary, in a conflict with global
consequences.
Black Panther premiered in Los Angeles on January
29, 2018, and was released theatrically in the United
States on February 16, 2018, in 2D, 3D, IMAX and
other premium large formats.
