But after Marvel Studios cinematic universe started a decade ago and launched successful series such as «Iron Man» and «The Avengers» — while casting a bunch of white blond guys named Chris — fans knew it was bound to use its rights to
the top black superhero.
Not exact matches
Such a showing would hand
Black Panther the largest domestic opening ever for a February release,
topping the $ 152 million President's Day opening for 2016's Deadpool, the R - rated
superhero flick from 21st Century Fox.
Still, even Blade's success wasn't enough to get more
top - tier
black superheroes films on the big screen.
Chadwick Boseman's
Black Panther turns up much too late into the movie for the
superhero whose own film is Marvel's
top grosser.
In its first weekend alone,
Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmm
Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated
superhero film ever made and the
top grossing movie directed by a
black filmm
black filmmaker.
Marvel's
Black Panther is definitely the
superhero of the moment, with the new film expected to
top $ 100M opening weekend.
Director Joe and Anthony Russo's film is already pacing to be the
top superhero preseller in Fandango history, a title that was nabbed by «
Black Panther» just earlier this year.
«Avengers: Infinity War» is already one of the
top - grossing films of all time, while «
Black Panther» is the
top - grossing
superhero pic of all time domestically.
«
Black Panther» may have just
topped $ 1 billion globally, but the year's highest - grossing film has a larger target in its sights: Can the Marvel movie become the biggest
superhero release ever?
However, «
Black Panther» is expected to post an opening that would rank in the
top 10 for
superhero films, and the question arises whether it will beat the February box office record held by «Deadpool» two years ago when it opened to $ 152 million.
Right now, «
Black Panther» is also the
top - rated
superhero film of all time, at 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, DC or Marvel.
Disney and Marvel's
Black Panther has finally surpassed The Avengers to become the
top - grossing
superhero movie of all time in the North American market.
Six of the
top 10 highest opening films, however, are Marvel
superhero movies, including
Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3.
By next weekend,
Black Panther will have no problems
topping The Avengers as the highest - grossing
superhero movie ever.
With Christmas just around the corner and 2017 drawing to a close, the IMDb has put together its list of the
top ten most - anticipated movies of 2018 based upon its page metrics, with Avengers: Infinity War
topping the pack in first place, followed by two more
superhero movies in
Black Panther in second place and Deadpool 2 in third.
Ryan Coogler's
Black Panther is now the
top - grossing
superhero movie of all - time, not accounting for inflation.