‘Black Panther’ now in top 3 movie greats
The Marvel superhero movie with an all-black cast falls behind ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and ‘Avatar’
Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther surpassed the collections of James Cameron’s gigantic 1997 Titanic to rank as the third top-grossing title of all time at the US box office.
Black Panther, featuring an all-black cast, falls behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million, or Dh3.43 billion) and Avatar ($760.5 million), with a domestic total of $659.3 million till Friday, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Titanic had finished at $659.5 million when it released in late 1997.
Globally, Black Panther has grossed $1.29 billion, ranking as the No 10 title of all time.
The Disney and Marvel superhero film stars Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis.
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