‘Black Panther’ Rips Apart Box Office Records: 3-Day Opening Rises To $194M+; 4-Day At $223M+
Sunday, 12:31AM: Disney/
Marvel’s
Black Panther is even more ferocious than ever imagined. Late night estimates (not from Disney) indicate that T’Challa is headed to
$194M over three-days after a super Saturday night between $66.8M-$68M which is only 11% down from Friday on the high-end. Also if you back out $25.2M Thursday previews from Friday’s $76.4M, Saturday’s business is still technically +33%. So that means business for
Black Panther wasn’t front-loaded. Four-day figures remain a wild forecast for many analysts: They’re certain that
Black Panther is expected to clear $220M, but he could fly as high as $230M. Projections at this minute are averaging around
$223M. Over three-days,
Black Panther now beats
Avengers: Age of Ultron‘s 3-day number of $191.2M for the fifth best opening of all-time behind
Avengers ($207.4M). On a four-day basis, it will also beat
Ultron ($204.4M)
, but it might kick
Avengers 4-day haul as well ($226.3M). It’s summer box office records during the second month of the year. Ryan Coogler went up to his hometown of Oakland on Thursday night to surprise
Black Panther fans at previews while Chadwick Boseman, Coogler, Marvel boss Kevin Feige, EP Louis D’Esposito and the Marvel gang surprised fans at the Cinemark LA and other theaters in town on Friday night.
‘Black Panther’ Rips Apart Box Office Records: 3-Day Opening Rises To $194M+; 4-Day At $223M+