BLACK PANTHER Just Passed TITANIC To Become The Third Highest Grossing Movie All Time In The U.S.

BLACK PANTHER Just Passed TITANIC To Become The Third Highest Grossing Movie All Time In The U.S.

Marvel's Black Panther continues to climb the domestic charts, surpassing Titanic this weekend to become the third highest-grossing film of all time at the North American box office. Wakanda forever.

By MattIsForReal - Apr 07, 2018 12:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Black Panther
Source: THR

Marvel's Black Panther has sunk Titanic, surpassing the James Cameron-helmed film on the domestic charts to rank as the third top-grossing title of all time at the box office.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Black Panther finished Friday with a domestic total of $659.3, just shy of the $659.5 million grossed by Titanic when it released in 1997. By Saturday, the Ryan Coogler-directed Black Panther will have become the third highest grossing movie of all time in the United States, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million) and Avatar ($760.5 million), not adjusted for inflation. It's unlikely that Black Panther will catch either of those two films domestically, but this is a massive accomplishment nonetheless as the big-budget blockbuster - which features a virtually all-black cast - has shattered all expectations.

Black Panther also ranks 10th on the all-time global charts, hauling in $1.29 billion at the worldwide box office. It's about $40 million shy of Star Wars: The Last Jedi's $1.33 billion worldwide total.

As impressive as Black Panther's numbers are, the entire box office landscape is about to change again in just a few weeks when Marvel releases Avengers: Infinity War - the ultimate MCU team-up film 10 years in the making. Marvel's big-budget tentpole is tracking for an opening weekend around the $230-$240 million mark and is reportedly receiving the biggest promotional push in Marvel's history.

Of course, however successful Infinity War is at the box office should take nothing away from what Ryan Coogler, Chadwick  Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, and everyone else involved in Black Panther have achieved.

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RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 4/7/2018, 12:07 PM
DoubleD
DoubleD - 4/7/2018, 12:25 PM
@Poochie - Their Not Stopping
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 4/7/2018, 2:09 PM
@DoubleD - Yes, they need to do a LOT more running to catch up!


Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 4/7/2018, 12:11 PM
Toecutter
Toecutter - 4/7/2018, 12:13 PM
James Cameron = Thor

MCU = Cap

JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 4/7/2018, 12:14 PM
I told y’all My King was going to break records

Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 4/7/2018, 12:15 PM
So do we think Infinity War has a chance of passing BP? I wouldn’t think it would but it broke BP’s pre-sale record in 6 hours so I think there’s a chance if it’s recieved well it’ll get multiple viewings from most
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