The world saw Africa embracing Black Panther as its own.
In three days, the new Marvel superhero movie, Black Panther, has broken all Box Office records it needed to break to show it is a classic.
The movie pulled off beyond Marvel’s project and has raked in about $192 million in three days. This is beyond what ‘Deadpool’ did in 2016 with a $152 million revenue in its first four-day.
Looking at the revenue statistics, here are some historical feats Black Panther has achieved.
1. Biggest February weekend opening
Black Panther broke the $152 million record set by ‘Deadpool’ in 2016. In just three days, the movie has raked in $40 million more, thus, setting a new record mark of $192 million for February weekend openings.
2. Biggest opening by a black director
With $192 million in its first weekend, Black Panther now has the biggest opening for movies directed by a black man.
More so, Ryan Coogler is set to become the black director with the biggest domestic hit if the movie keeps the record performance.
3. Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie
The new movie which was Africa-themed also holds the new record for a non-hero team up movie at the Box Office.
From records, Black Panther has exceeded the openings revenue of most of the superhero movies like The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War.
4. Biggest pre-summer opening weekend
Black Panther also has the biggest pre-summer opening. Also, the new movie is expected to surpass the $174.7 million mark made by the remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 2017.
5. Top 5 highest openings of all-time
At present, Black Panther also occupies the list of top 5 highest openings of all-time at the box office. The movie joins the league of Jurassic World, The Avengers and the two latest "Star Wars" films for the biggest openings of all-time.
6. Biggest opening by a movie with a black lead character
Black Panther also dethroned Furious 7 with Dwayne Johnson to become the biggest movie with a black lead character.