Updated February 2, 2018: Black Panther is now tracking for a massive $ 150 million
domestic box office debut, according to Variety.
Not exact matches
The movie, which focuses on the titular superhero who is king of the fictional African country of Wakanda, is forecasted to pull in as much as $ 165 million in
domestic box -
office gross for its
debut over the four - day President's Day holiday weekend.
Gravity's galactic release weighed heavily on the rest of the
box office, including fellow opening film Runner Runner, starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, which experienced less than 15 percent of Gravity's
debut, with a $ 7.9 - million
domestic opening (3rd).
The film
debuted Friday against xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, a Vin Diesel - starring action flick that garnered $ 20 million for second place at the
domestic box office.
The studio's two Allen movies (Café Society and Wonder Wheel) have grossed a combined $ 12.5 million at the
domestic box office, and the TV show the director did for Amazon (Crisis in Six Scenes, which cost $ 80 million)
debuted to negative reviews.
The heist thriller «Den of Thieves,» from Universal Pictures,
debuted at No. 3 overall and No. 4 on the Blu - ray chart after a $ 45 million haul at the
domestic box office.
With two big BAFTA wins on Sunday for screenplay and lead actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a
domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance
debut over a year ago.
Though acquired by Amazon when it
debuted at Sundance last year, the film got a proper theatrical release last November and has grossed an extremely healthy $ 39 million at the
domestic box office so far.
The Sundance
debut cumed over $ 32.39 M in the
domestic box office.
«Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials» ignited the weekend
box office with an estimated $ 30.3 - million
domestic debut, while the Johnny Depp gangster film «Black Mass» opened with some heat of its own.
Black Panther is expected to earn about $ 150 million at the
domestic box office on its opening weekend, which would be he fifth - highest
debut in the MCU, behind only Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man 3 and both Avengers films.
Avengers: Infinity War secured both the best
domestic box office opening of all time with $ 250 million — surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens when adjusted for inflation — and the best worldwide
debut at $ 630 million, passing The Fate of the Furious» $ 541.9 million by a considerable margin.