Black Panther Breaks Records, Maintains Box Office Lead

Disney and Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ continued an impressive run, adding $100 million in its second weekend in U.S. theaters, becoming only the fourth movie to achieve the feat.The film also topped past rivals such as “Marvel’s Avengers” and “Marvel’s Avengers” to claim the title of second best sophomore weekend in U.S. box office history.Worldwide, ‘Black Panther’ added $191.8M with $108.0M of that coming from North American territories over the weekend, according to figures compiled by comScore. To date, in all markets, the film has racked up an impressive $704m in cumulative revenue in just two weeks.Chinese action film ‘Operation Red Sea’ in just 6 territories earned $107.5 million this weekend with a global cumulative to date of $335.1 million. New Line’s Cinema ‘Game Night’ and Sony’s ‘Peter Rabbit’ rounded out the top 3 in North America, adding $16.6m and $12.5m respectively over the weekend.The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, February 25, are below.

Black Panther – Disney – $191.8MOperation Red Sea – Multiple – $107.5MDetective Chinatown 2 – Multiple – $80.4MMonster Hunt 2 – Multiple – $33.6MFifty Shades Freed – Universal – $29.2MGame Night – Warner Bros. – $21.8MShape Of Water, The – 20th Century Fox – $12.7MBoonie Bears: The Big Shrink – Shenzhen Huaqiang Shuzi Dongman Co. – $12.7MPeter Rabbit – Sony – $12.5MGreatest Showman, The – 20th Century Fox – $11.1MAnnihilation – Paramount Pictures – $11.0MJumanji: Welcome To The Jungle – Sony – $8.7MThe top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, February 25, are below.Black Panther – Disney – $108.0MGame Night – Warner Bros. – $16.6MPeter Rabbit – Sony – $12.5MAnnihilation – Paramount – $11.0MFifty Shades Freed – Universal – $6.9MJumanji: Welcome To The Jungle – Sony – $5.7M15:17 To Paris, The – Warner Bros. – $3.6MGreatest Showman, The – 20th Century Fox – $3.4MEvery Day – Orion Distribution Company – $3.1MMET Opera: La Boheme (2018) – Fathom Events – $1.9MEarly Man – Lionsgate – $1.7MThree Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri – Fox Searchlight – $1.2M – CelebrityAccess