Well, it's fair to say no one could have predicted this sheer level of success for Black Panther. The Marvel Studios movie has been exceeding expectations since day one but it's now the tenth highest grossing movie of all-time at the worldwide box office after passing $1.3 billion this weekend. That puts it just behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi's $1.33 billion and ahead of the $1.27 billion earned by Frozen.
The fact Black Panther is on the same level as a Star Wars movie is mind-blowing and its success has resulted in Disney owning half of the ten highest grossing movies of all-time. However, James Cameron remains king of the box office thanks to Avatar and Titanic and it's still hard to figure out what release could ultimately top those two. It's going to have to be something really special, that's for sure!
Black Panther's box office run is nearing its end but there's still time for it to earn a little more so it should be interesting seeing where it ultimately ends up and how long it will take Marvel to announce the sequel. There's been a lot of speculation that the studio is holding off on revealing its slate until after Avengers: Infinity War is released later this month but we'll obviously have to just wait and see.
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