‘Black Panther’ Is Now In The Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies Of All Time
Wakanda forever! Marvel Studios has been no stranger to huge blockbuster success stories since the company’s inception a decade ago, but their most recent cinematic effort,Black Panther, is kicking things to a whole new level. As of today, the film is now the ninth highest grossing movie of all time at the United States box office. And the most impressive part? It’s been in theaters for just18 days.
Read Panther’s record-shattering success below.
VarietysaysBlack Pantherraked in $4.7 million in the U.S. on Monday, bringing its domestic total to a staggering $506.4 million. That’s good enough for ninth overall at the domestic box office, and its global earnings of $909.8 million means it currently comes in at number 47 on the worldwide all-time earnings list. That is totally bonkers for a movie that has been in theaters for less than a month.Forbeshas a good piece that pulls together all of the other records the film has broken recently, including the fact thatBlack Pantheris now the highest grossing superhero movie of all time that doesn’t feature Batman or Iron Man. It’s also the second-biggest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie domestically – only 2012’sThe Avengersis still ahead of it.
What’s Ahead of Black Panther on the List?
For comparison’s sake, let’s take a quick look at the other movies on the top 10 all-time domestic box office list.
Analysts predictBlack Panthercould overtake Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightas quickly as this weekend, and it’s still so early inBlack Panther’s box office run that the film might ultimately even topThe Avengers, Jurassic World,andTitanic.That’d be a monumental accomplishment, but the fact that the film is already in such stellar company – and has left juggernauts likeDeadpool,Wonder Woman, andSpider-Manin the dust – is a pretty damn impressive accomplishment in and of itself.
I’m not entirely convincedBlack Pantherwill be able to overtakeThe Avengers' worldwide total of $1.5 billion – that’s alotof money – but considering the way it’s been crushing records without breaking a sweat, I’m hesitant to underestimate this film’s potential. If itdoesend up topping $1.5 billion worldwide, that would put it at the fifth highest grossing film ever made. Either way, Marvel anddirectorRyan Cooglerhave a lot to be proud of.
