Black Panther Swims Past Titanic at the Domestic Box Office, Crosses the $1.3 Billion Mark Worldwide
The Wakandans sunk the colonizers on the massive Titanic!
Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Black Panther has surpassed James Cameron’s Titanic this weekend to claim the #3 spot on the all-time domestic box office chart (not adjusting for inflation) with its estimated $665.4 million in North America haul.
The Ryan Coogler-directed film — starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Angela Bassett — now stands roughly $6 million ahead of the historical drama’s $659.4 million cumulative box office.
Black Panther remains the top-earning Marvel release in franchise history, towering over The Avengers‘ $623.4 million North American take by about $42 million and counting.
Upon making $202 million over its first three days in wide release, Black Panther registered the fifth biggest opening weekend of all time and the second largest for a Marvel title, slightly trailing the $207.4 million posted by The Avengers.
Internationally, the Marvel Studios movie has become the tenth highest grossing movie of all-time at the worldwide box office after passing $1.3 billion this weekend. That puts it just behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s $1.33 billion and ahead of the $1.27 billion earned by Frozen. Its success has resulted in Disney owning half of the ten highest grossing movies of all-time.
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T’Challa Visits “Black Jeopardy” on SNL
In one of the most hilarious sketches of the night, host Chadwick Boseman brought his Marvel alter ego King T’Challa of Wakanda (aka Black Panther) to NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
T’Challa struggles during the game until he finally gets the hang of it.
If you missed it, have a chuckle below:
SNL airs Saturday nights @ 11:30pm ET on NBC.
New Black Panther Trailer and Ticket Sales
A new trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther has been released.
The trailer was shown during the halftime show of the National Championship Game in Atlanta.
While the new trailer doesn’t reveal new plot information, it viewers see more of several characters including Angela Bassett’s Ramonda, Forest Whitaker’s Zuri, and Michael B. Jordan’s Eric Killmonger.
As well as the release of the trailer, advanced tickets went on sale.
Black Panther hits screens Feb. 16.
Source: Variety
Black Panther Kicks Off 2018 in Style
Shall we, 2018? #NewYearsEve #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/4XnXw1w7bC
— Black Panther (@theblackpanther) January 1, 2018
Black Panther’s official Twitter page released a photo of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa and Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia dressed to the nines. While their dress is perfect for a New Years Eve party, in this photo they are actually visiting a posh casino.If you’ve seen the Black Panther teaser trailer, you know that this will also be the site of some major craziness.
The movie prepares to hit screens February 16, 2018. With a mid-February release date, Black Panther marks the earliest time Marvel has released a movie in a year. We’ll also see T’Challa back in action a few months later in Avengers: Infinity War set to premiere May 4.
Source: Cinema Blend
SDCC: Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther Thor: Ragnarok Panels and Interviews
Below is a collection of the Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con panels.
For the Thor: Ragnarok panel, Marvel brought director Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Cate Blanchett (Hela), Jeff Goldblum (Grandmaster), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Karl Urban (Skurge) and Rachel House (Topaz).
For the Black Panther panel, Marvel brought director Ryan Coogler, Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Daniel Kaluuya (W’Kabi), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Winston Duke (M’Baku) and Letitia Wright (Shuri).
H/T: Comic Book Movie
20 New Stills for Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Released by EW
The wait for Marvel’s Black Panther just got even more unbearable!
Earlier today, Entertainment Weekly unveiled their Comic-Con double-issue cover and two stills featuring Black Panther‘s three main characters: our King of Wakanda: T’Challa a.k.a. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), his ex-lover and undercover operative of the Dora Milaje: Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and our villain: Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan).
Take a look:
On top of that, EW also released 20 official stills from the movie featuring the entire cast of the upcoming movie.
Here are the ones that stood up to us:
Check out the full gallery, including character descriptions by Chadwick Boseman, Kevin Feige, Ryan Coogler and others.
Marvel’s Phase Three Announced: Black Panther! Civil War! Captain Marvel!
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 3 has been announced! And it’s everything — everything you could ever want. Black Panther! Captain Marvel! Inhumans! And most importantly, a two-part Avengers: Infinity War!!!
Confirmed films include:
— Captain America: Civil War (2016)
— Doctor Strange (2016)
— Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
— Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
— Black Panther (2017)
— Avengers: Infinity War Part I (2018)
— Captain Marvel (2018)
— Inhumans (2018)
— Avengers: Infinity War Part II (2019)
Actor Chadwick Boseman has been confirmed as playing Black Panther. Captain America 3 has been subtitled Civil War and will feature Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man. Boseman will also co-star as Black Panther.
H/T: Marvel