Black Panther continued its record-setting romp this weekend, passing the half-billion-dollar mark in only its third week out in North America as it stayed on track to be one of the highest-grossing films ever, industry analysts said.




The Disney/Marvel collaboration, starring Chadwick Boseman as the superhero king of an idyllic if fictional African country, took in an estimated $65.7 million for the three-day weekend, website Exhibitor Relations reported.

That take, nearly four times the $17 million earned by the weekend’s No. 2 movie — Red Sparrow from Fox — gave Black Panther the third-highest weekend ever, trailing only Star Wars: The Force Awakens at N32.472 billion ($90.2 million) and Avatar at N24.66 billion ($68.5 million), according to Variety.com.

Black Panther, which also stars Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya and Martin Freeman, has now taken in nearly N324 billion ($900 million) globally, with its opening in China still days away.

Red Sparrow tells the story of Russian ballerina-turned-elite spy Jennifer Lawrence. She is backed by an all-star cast including Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons and Charlotte Rampling.

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Black Panther, which also stars Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya and Martin Freeman, has now taken in nearly N324 billion ($900 million) globally, with its opening in China still days away.

That opening in China will surely put it over the $1 Billion mark.
I finally saw the movie over the weekend and it was worth the whole hype around it.
The story flowed and left few logic gaps.

My favorite character though was 'Okoye" acted by Zimbabwean/American Danai Gurira.