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Old 03-19-2018, 09:57 AM   #119
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4380&p=.htm

For the fifth weekend in a row, Disney and Marvel's Black Panther is the weekend's number one film at the domestic box office, becoming the first film to accomplish that feat since Avatar in 2009. The film is also only the seventh film to ever gross over $600 million at the domestic box office as it continues to dominate, now less than $18 million shy of topping The Avengers and becoming the highest grossing superhero movie of all-time.

With an estimated $27 million, Black Panther finished atop the weekend box office for the fifth straight weekend, pushing the film over $605 million domestically. As a result, Black Panther joins Avatar and The Sixth Sense as only the third film to top the weekend box office for five straight weekends in the last 19 years.

Alongside its domestic achievements, Black Panther added an estimated $30 million internationally this weekend, pushing its overseas cume to $577.1 million for a global tally topping $1.183 billion, passing Captain America: Civil War ($1.153B) and Minions ($1.159B) to become the fourteenth largest worldwide release of all-time


You may note I have not judged this movie myself here. I determined that this movie was not really made for me (a fanboy since the 70s). I'm very happy how well the movie is doing - but the glowing reviews did not match my experience. I think this has to do with me being familiar with all of the mythology already. I share many of the criticisms made of the move here - others criticisms didn't bother me, because they were being true to the source material - ex. T'Challa is "boring". In the books he is far more likely to beat opponents with his brains than his fists. He is a cool, calculating, regal man.

I have hopes that the sequel can go further in quality, now that his world has been established.
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