Marvel’sBlack Pantherhas now broken another box office record, becoming the third highest grossing movie of all time in North America, beating James Cameron’sTitanic.Black Pantherhas now officially made $665.4 million domestically and is only behindThe Force AwakensandAvatar, with the latter being another Cameron film. Marvel now has the highest grossing superhero movie of all time with the Ryan Coogler-directed movie, which has become a global and cultural phenomenon since its release back in February.
Black Pantherhas made nearly $1.3 billion at the globalbox officeand shows no signs of stopping at this time. Originally released in 1997,Titanicearned $600.8 million throughout its initial theatrical run, adding $57.9 million for its 3D re-release in 2012 and nearly a million dollars last year for its 20th anniversary release. As far as a worldwide scale, James Cameron’sTitanicstill has the upper hand at $2.2 billion after all of the re-releases and anniversary theatrical runs. The movie famously won the Academy Award for best picture in 1998 and is considered by many to be one of the greatest movies of all time.
Not only isBlack Pantherthehighest grossing superhero movie of all time, but it’s also the highest rated on Rotten Tomatoes with a score that fluctuates between a 97 and 98 percent. Before the pre-sale tickets ofInfinity War,Black Pantherhad the highest amount of pre-sale tickets sold through Fandango as well. The Chadwick Boseman-starring movie also now holds the record for the highest grossing movie ever released in February, beating out the previous record holder,Deadpool, which came out in February of 2016 and became a surprise hit at the box office.
Obviously, when a movie does as well asBlack Pantherhas,talks of a sequelbegin to spread. However, talks of Black Panther 2 started while the first movie was still in production. Marvel realized early on that the cast and director Ryan Coogler had something special. It has not been officially confirmed that Coogler will direct the sequel, but Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige has already expressed his desire for the director to return, which will more than likely see a huge pay raise from working on the firstBlack Panthermovie.
As for the cast ofBlack Panther, most of themain players are returningfor Marvel’sInfinity Warat the end of the month. The latest TV spot forInfinity Warputs much of the focus on Wakanda and its people, featuring a chant along with some humor from the once hidden nation. For now,Black Pantherhas sunken James Cameron’sTitanicat the domestic box office, becoming the third highest grossing movie in North American box office history, a feat that should be celebrated by everybody involved in the project. You can check out the rest of the box office domestic records over atBox Office Mojo.
