Black Panther has become the third highest grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe movie of all time at the domestic box office, trailing only Marvel's The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Following two strong weekends, Black Panther earned another $8.1 million on Monday bringing its domestic box office haul to $411.7 million, and surpassing the domestic box office totals of Captain America: Civil War ($408 million) and Iron Man 3 ($409 million). Though it trails both Avengers movies currently, there's a very good chance King T'Challa and company could surpass Age of Ultron, which earned $459 million at the domestic box office.
Given its strong reception and little in the way of competition - only Jennifer Lawrence's Red Sparrow and the remake of Death Wish stand in its way - Black Panther also has a chance of dethroning the first Avengers movie. The first Marvel team-up film is currently the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office with $623 million.
Black Panther is currently 22nd on the all-time domestic charts, but Tuesday's box office numbers should boost it past the likes of Wonder Woman ($412 million) and Toy Story 3 ($415 million). The sky's the limit for the Marvel standalone film which has surpassed all expectation at the box office. Originally projected for a $100-120 million opening weekend, the film broke records by earning $235 million over the four-day holiday weekend. It earned an additional $111.7 million the following weekend, which ranked as the second-best second weekend of all time.
Black Panther is currently tracking for over $600 million domestically which would easily put it in the top 10 domestic box office grosses of all time. With international markets factored in, Black Panther - which has an overseas total of $316.2 million - should also easily join the $1 billion club.
Looking ahead, Marvel has another surefire hit on its hands with Avengers: Infinity War due out on May 4.