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The numbers are in and Disney Marvel’s\u00a0Black Panther <\/em>is king of the box odffice. More than that, it has already earned a place in the box office history books in just its first three-to-four days of release. The movie earned a $201.8 million Fri-Sun weekend and will earn an estimated $235m over the Fri-Mon holiday and $169M Internationally for a worldwide total of $404M.<\/p>\n So, let’s take a look at the seven box office records\u00a0 that Black Panther <\/em>has already broken and ten more that the Ryan Coogler-directed\/Chadwick Boseman-starring superhero spectacular came awfully close to.<\/p>\n Biggest February opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n The previous high-water mark for a February opening weekend was Deadpool <\/em>with $132 million over the Fri-Sun frame and $152m over the Fri-Mon Presidents Day weekend. While Black Panther <\/em>lacked the Valentine\u2019s Day advantage (Feb. 14 fell on a Saturday that year), it also played in 3D and had a PG-13 rating. Either way, it earned around 52% more than Deadpool <\/em>and 148% more than Fifty Shades of Grey <\/em>(which also had a Valentine\u2019s Day Saturday advantage).<\/p>\n Biggest non-sequel opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n Unless you want to count The Avengers <\/em>as a non-sequel (which you should not, since it literally plays as a sequel to Iron Man 2<\/em>, Thor <\/em>and Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em>), then Black Panther <\/em>has the second-biggest non-sequel debut of all time. But absent that, Black Panther <\/em>(an almost entirely stand-alone movie) has the new record for the biggest Fri-Sun launch for a non-sequel\/prequel, displacing The Hunger Games <\/em>which opened with $152m in March of 2012 (in 2D).<\/p>\n Biggest solo superhero launch of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n Since it opened above the $174 million opening weekend of Iron Man 3<\/em>, Black Panther <\/em>has the new milestone for a solo superhero Fri-Sun debut.\u00a0The only other bigger comic book superhero launch is The Avengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n Biggest Fri-Sun opening weekend for a long holiday debut:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is another one it swiped from Deadpool<\/em>, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe flick has now earned more money in its Fri-Sun frame than any movie ever that had an extra day before or after its conventional Fri-Sun opening weekend.<\/p>\n Biggest long holiday opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n In terms of all “long weekend openings,” be they four days or six days, Black Panther<\/em>\u2019s estimated $235 million four-day launch (which could go up) is ahead of the $200 million Wed-Sun debut of Paramount\/Viacom Inc.’s\u00a0Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<\/em>, the $180 million six-day Independence Day weekend openings for\u00a0Transformers: Dark of the Moon\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Spider-Man 2\u00a0<\/em>(the latter in 2D way back in 2004), the $158 million Thurs-Sun opening of\u00a0Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith<\/em>,\u00a0the $156 million Fri-Mon Memorial debut of\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean:<\/em>\u00a0At World’s End<\/em>, the $156 million Tuesday-to-Sunday Independence Day weekend debut of the original\u00a0Transformers<\/em> and the $152m Fri-Mon opening of Deadpool <\/em>(in 2D and with an R-rating).<\/p>\n Biggest-grossing movie (in North America) directed by a black filmmaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n With at least $235 million in four days, it has already passed the (2D) domestic total of F. Gary Gray\u2019s Fate of the Furious<\/em>. Sure, it has some work to go to catch up with Fate of the Furious<\/em>\u2019 $1.1 billion global total, but after this weekend, with a $404m+ worldwide launch, that pie-in-the-sky scenario isn\u2019t entirely implausible.<\/p>\n Biggest pre-summer opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n Black Panther <\/em>has the fifth-biggest Fri-Sun debut of all time. And since two of the bigger ones were Star Wars <\/em>movies in mid-December and the other two were summer flicks (Avengers <\/em>and Jurassic World<\/em>), Black Panther <\/em>has dethroned Batman v Superman <\/em>($166 million) as the biggest pre-summer opener of all time.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup>-Biggest comic book superhero opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n Among all comic book superhero movie opening weekends, the Fri-Sun frame stands behind only The Avengers <\/em>($207 million). It snagged a bigger opening weekend than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice <\/em>($166m), making it \u201cbigger\u201d than any DC movie ever (sans inflation).\u00a0Black Panther <\/em>has already outgrossed Justice League <\/em>($228m) in North America.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup>-biggest Sunday gross:<\/strong><\/p>\n With the final estimates now counted for the Fri-Sun frame, Black Panther<\/em>\u2019s $60.096 million Sunday gross is down just -8% from Saturday and $9.5m more than the \u201cpure\u201d $50.6m Friday gross. It is the 33rd-biggest single-day gross. But it\u2019s also the second-biggest Sunday gross of all time, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>($60.5m).<\/p>\n 3rd-biggest four-day gross:<\/strong><\/p>\n With\u00a0at least $235 million in four days, it sits behind only The Last Jedi <\/em>($241m) and The Force Awakens <\/em>($288m) among the biggest four-day totals. Again, if you play the inflation card, we\u2019re still looking at the fifth spot on this list, with The Dark Knight <\/em>sneaking past the Black Panther. We\u2019re hearing rumblings of a bigger-than-anticipated Monday, one that could push the Black Panther movie past The Last Jedi<\/em>, <\/em>but I can update quickly enough if the occasion arises.<\/p>\n 3rd<\/sup>-biggest non-summer opening weekend:<\/strong><\/p>\n As of now, Black Panther<\/em>\u2019s Fri-Sun frame is the fifth-biggest overall launch of all time. And of those four bigger debuts, only two of them (The Force Awakens <\/em>and The Last Jedi<\/em>) opened outside of the core summer season. And yeah, if you account for inflation, Black Panther <\/em>remains the third-biggest non-summer opening weekend of all time and the biggest pre-summer debut of all time.<\/p>\n 4th<\/sup>-biggest Saturday gross:<\/strong><\/p>\n After its blockbuster opening day, Black Panther <\/em>earned $65.8 million on Saturday. That was a mere 13% drop from opening day or a 31% jump if you take out the Thursday previews. It\u2019s also the 24th-biggest single-day gross of all time and the fourth-biggest Saturday figure, between Star Wars: The Last Jedi <\/em>($63m) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>($68.2m), The Avengers <\/em>($69.5m) and Jurassic World <\/em>($69.4m).<\/p>\n 5th<\/sup>-biggest opening weekend of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n This one pretty much speaks for itself. With a $201.8 million Fri-Sun frame, it sits behind only The Avengers\u00a0<\/em>($207m),\u00a0Jurassic World\u00a0<\/em>($208m), Star Wars: The Last Jedi <\/em>($220m) and\u00a0Star Wars: The Force Awakens\u00a0<\/em>($248m).<\/p>\n 8th<\/sup>-biggest Friday and 8th<\/sup>-biggest single-day gross:<\/strong><\/p>\n Among single-day grosses, Friday grosses and opening day grosses, Black Panther<\/em>\u2019s $75.8 million Friday sits behind only The Avengers <\/em>($80.8m), Batman v Superman <\/em>($81.5m), Jurassic World <\/em>($81.9m), Avengers: Age of Ultron <\/em>($91m), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II <\/em>($91m), The Last Jedi <\/em>($104.6m) and The Force Awakens <\/em>($119.1m).<\/p>\n 8th<\/sup>-biggest Monday gross:<\/strong><\/p>\n The estimates could change tomorrow, but as of now, Black Panther <\/em>has earned $33.2 million on its fourth day of release. That is the 179th-biggest single day ever, just ahead of Justice League<\/em>\u2019s initial Saturday gross.<\/p>\n 25th<\/sup>-biggest comic book movie of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n In just four days, its estimated $235 million gross already makes it the 25th-biggest comic book adaptation of all time, just ahead of X-Men: Days of Future Past <\/em>($233.9m) and X-Men: The Last Stand <\/em>($234.3m). It will be shooting up said chart every day for the next week or so. By Tuesday or Wednesday, it\u2019ll be past the likes of Men in Black <\/em>($250m), Batman <\/em>($251m), Captain America: The Winter Soldier <\/em>($259m) and The Amazing Spider-Man <\/em>($262m).<\/p>\n 26th<\/sup>-biggest superhero movie of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n In just four days, its estimated $235 million gross already makes it the 26th-biggest superhero movie of all time. Counting The Matrix Reloaded <\/em>($271m in 2003) and The Incredibles <\/em>($262m in 2004), but that won\u2019t matter in a few days. It will be shooting up said chart every day for the next week or so. Just by Tuesday or Wednesday, it\u2019ll be past the (unadjusted) domestic grosses of Men in Black <\/em>($250m), Batman <\/em>($251m), Captain America: The Winter Soldier <\/em>($259m), The Incredibles <\/em>($261m) and The Amazing Spider-Man <\/em>($262m).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The numbers are in and Disney Marvel’s\u00a0Black Panther is king of the box odffice. More than that, it has already earned a place in the box office history books in just its first three-to-four days of release. 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