‘Black Panther’ looks set to pounce on the competition with one of the biggest US box office openings in history!
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The Marvel blockbuster is already delivering dynamite results internationally following its release this week.
And it’s now on-course to follow-suit domestically – and there’s still one more sleep before its US release (on Feb 16th).
According to Box Office Mojo, the forecast for the film’s US totals (based on pre-sales and other key metrics) sees it targeting a $212 million four-day gross.
Should the Ryan Coogler directed epic hit said mark, it’ll earn the honor of the largest February and President’s Day weekend of all-time. It’ll also become the sixth largest opening weekend of all-time.
Here’s how the numbers are looking:
3-DAY FORECAST
- Black Panther (4,020 theaters) – $185.0 M
- Peter Rabbit (3,748 theaters) – $18.0 M
- Fifty Shades Freed (3,768 theaters) – $16.5 M
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2,800 theaters) – $7.2 M
- The 15:17 to Paris (3,042 theaters) – $6.7 M
- Early Man (2,494 theaters) – $6.0 M
- The Greatest Showman (1,936 theaters) – $5.3 M
- Samson (1,249 theaters) – $3.7 M
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2,432 theaters) – $3.5 M
- The Post (1,050 theaters) – $2.6 M
4-DAY FORECAST
- Black Panther (4,020 theaters) – $212.0 M
- Peter Rabbit (3,748 theaters) – $21.9 M
- Fifty Shades Freed (3,768 theaters) – $19.2 M
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2,800 theaters) – $8.7 M
- The 15:17 to Paris (3,092 theaters) – $8.0 M
- Early Man (2,494 theaters) – $7.2 M
- The Greatest Showman (1,936 theaters) – $6.3 M
- Samson (1,249 theaters) – $4.4 M
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2,432 theaters) – $4.2 M
- The Post (1,050 theaters) – $3.1 M
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Slay!
That billion dollar total gross is looking inevitable at this point.
We’ve seen the movie and find it entirely deserving. An important moment for the culture.
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Wow ?
Great news. Black excellence all the way!
Yes, yes, and YAAAAASSS! ??
Lets do it for the culture✊
Great to hear!! I was a bit concern about the potential white backlash due to some of the overt showboating taking places that i’ve observe in internet land. But good news here.
I have been polling some of my black associates about their interest in the movie. While I respect everyone’s personal taste, am I wrong for feeling disappointed if they don’t show interest? *kanye west shoulder shrug*? I mean this is big for our community…. the blackness, the cultural promotion,….i mean support this…support it..
Funny I see everyone excited about this and then when I ask if they are also going to go see “a wrinkle in time” or the animated Spider-Man movie with miles morales many of them shy away or say no. BP is huge but the other two films are too and Hollywood is just looking for an excuse for BP to be an exception not a new rule. Please go see all the big budget films starring black people this year. If the other two fail along with Pacific Rim 2 starring John Boyega Hollywood will just write BP off as being successful cause it was a marvel movie then go back to casting mainly whites in lead roles for big pictures.
Girl shut up
You’re correct.
I know it’s easy to blame Hollywood..
And although Hollywood has been guilty of white washing for years (towards all cultures) they’re actually listening now.
Pacific rim is a prime example
@Tay
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-black-panther-hollywood-effect-20180216-story,amp.html
Note what they say on how some in Hollywood are already writing off it’s success on other factors and are thinking this is an exception not the rule.
@BAM ..my bad. My post implies hardly anyone was interested, but that wasn’t the case. Most was interested. I was disappointed by the few that wasn’t interested. I was expecting 100% interest.
They’d offered me a small roll in this movie but I was doing my chitterlings circuit book tour. I was unable to make the shooting date as I had a book signing at Bonquisha’s Books and Chicken Wing spot.
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Anything on era 150M the opening weekend is huge. I remember when Spider-Man 3 was the biggest opening at that number in 2007. Also this will be the biggest superhero marvel origin opening ever. #BlackPride
If you want to have pride then stop acting like scum ????
This comment has all the hallmarks of the that IGNORANT thing called Latina chick. Stop impersonating Jasmine heiffer and educate yourself.
I’m sorry I keep impersonating Jasmine. I am on meth which makes me very vulnerable and my obsession with Jasmine is getting the best of me.
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nice.
See? This were the news that were going to be worth the mention and not the irrelevant number of the first day in the UK (which wa sa normal number). It´s amazing predictions. 150 was already huge. More is truly amazing.
It´s a basic Marvel flick though. I´m in no way crazy about it just like I am not about any basic blockbuster.
And LOL if s****** is truly the one impersonating Jasmine… Girl! You made it so easy for him to mock you when you tried to make us believe you have written books lol The jokes about that have been funny at least.
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I have written 3 books: Color By numbas (if you can count), Weave application for dummies and How To Get On Your Knees Like a Pro #GoogkeMeBitch