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So well, in fact, that could even top Memorial
Day box office records.
That projection puts Black Panther in range to potentially take the President's
Day box office record, currently held by 2016's Deadpool, which took in $ 152 million over the holiday weekend.
Not exact matches
The movie also holds the
record for the biggest opening
day at the domestic
box office with $ 119.1 million, biggest opening weekend at the domestic
box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.
Marvel's Black Panther attracted huge crowds over President's
Day weekend, resulting in a
record - setting
box -
office haul.
Black Panther entered the fray with a
record breaking President's
Day weekend opening of $ 242 million in domestic
box office sales.
In 2012 the studio produced the critically acclaimed Marvel's The Avengers, which set the all - time, domestic 3 -
day weekend
box office record at $ 207.4 million.
Black Panther obliterated
box -
office records last weekend as it earned over $ 192 million during the three -
day weekend, good enough for the second biggest superhero opening ever behind The Avengers (2012).
«As «Black Panther» continues to redefine what is possible in terms of
box office in the month of February (with a massive $ 500 million earned globally after just 9
days in theaters), the film will leap to new heights in a second weekend that will also rewrite the
record books,» Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, said.
TheWrap looks back at the actress» career from her theater
days all the way to breaking indie
box office records
Should those numbers hold up, that would put Black Panther within striking distance of the
box -
office record for a Presidents
Day Weekend premiere, now held by 2016's Deadpool with $ 152 million.
With its
record - obliterating $ 242 million President's
Day opening weekend and $ 426 million global launch, «Black Panther» is guaranteed to surpass $ 1 billion at the worldwide
box office.
Despite having spent 168
days on screens around the world, J.J. Abrams» entry into the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens, limps out of theaters today having barely earned a
record - breaking $ 936 million at the U.S.
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By all accounts, the film is poised to outpace Deadpool at the Presidents
Day box office — when the wise cracking hero earned $ 152 million USD over four
days and set a
record for a February release back in 2016.
The Clint Eastwood - directed war drama, which shattered several
box -
office records and surpassed tracking expectations over the busy four -
day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, cost Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow about $ 58 million to make.
The war drama is setting
box office records, pulling in an estimated $ 200.1 million in the U.S. and Canada since its limited release on Christmas
Day.
The film also made an $ 85 million Friday for the single biggest
day in Chinese
box office history, and might have been able to beat «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and its $ 119 million for the global single -
day record had it been released in a less crowded market.
Since that auspicious debut, he has continued to collaborate with Anderson on «The Darjeeling Limited» (which the pair wrote with Roman Coppola); the short film «Hotel Chevalier»; his animated feature, «Fantastic Mr. Fox» (for which he contributed his vocal talents); «Moonrise Kingdom» (part of Anderson's stellar ensemble cast of Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand), which set a new
record at the specialty
box office over Memorial
Day weekend for best limited indie debut of all time, and, the Academy Award nominated film, «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» whose eclectic cast brought back thespians Murray, Norton and Swinton, along with Willem Dafoe, Soirsae Ronin, Ralph Finnes, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson and Adrian Brody.
Centered on the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos (
Day of the Dead), «Coco» has already set
box office records in Mexico, where it has made $ 53.4 million in three weeks.
A second Inbetweeners movie made # 2.75 m on its opening
day at cinemas earlier this week, a
record for a live - action comedy at the UK
box office.
In a defining moment for Hollywood, Disney and Marvel Studios» Black Panther exploded at the Presidents
Day box office, bounding to a record - shattering estimate of $ 201.8 million for the three - day weekend and a projected $ 235 million - plus for the four - day holiday fra
Day box office, bounding to a
record - shattering estimate of $ 201.8 million for the three -
day weekend and a projected $ 235 million - plus for the four - day holiday fra
day weekend and a projected $ 235 million - plus for the four -
day holiday fra
day holiday frame.
Speaking in the
days before the film opened, Bassett said she was heartened by the strong
box -
office projections for the film, which went on to make a
record - breaking $ 235 million over the holiday weekend.
Huge Thursday night numbers and a big Friday point to «Black Panther» setting an all - time (4 -
day)
box office record, when all is said and done and the cash is counted Sunday night.
In 2012 Marvel's critically acclaimed «The Avengers» set an all - time, domestic three -
day weekend
box -
office record at $ 207.4 million.
Kink was down list of motivating factors cited by fans who drove
record Presidents
Day box office, and so were the stars
Thanks to this weekend at the
box office (where Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice set
records too), Deadpool earned an estimated $ 5 million domestically and $ 3 million in foreign markets to bring its worldwide total to $ 745,974,060, just edging out The Matrix Reloaded's $ 742,128,461 total haul, and inching closer to X-Men:
Days of Future Past's $ 747,862,775 which it'll conquer in just a few d
Days of Future Past's $ 747,862,775 which it'll conquer in just a few
daysdays.
Thor Ragnarok
box office collection
Day 3: Not just in India, but Chris Hemsworth's movie is smashing
records worldwide too.
-- Warner's Man of Steel broke June
box office records with $ 125.1 million four -
day opening.
Modern Warfare 2 «s launch beat all previous first - and five -
day entertainment industry
box office, book and video game sell - through
records:
Taking home more than the theatrical
box office weekend openings of both Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman, the World War 2 shooter also set a new
record for digital downloads on its first
day on the PlayStation 4, while sales overall were double that of the previous Call of Duty title Infinite Warfare.
The film broke
box -
office records when it first opened as the biggest February opening of all time, and the best opening yet for a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a four -
day weekend of $ 242 million.
So the process began...
boxes of
records were dredged up and taken to the companies» accountants»
office and the auditor came and spent a couple of
days going through the «stuff» and causing the accounting bill that month to increase somewhat.