Black Panther just keeps smashing box office records
Its now grossed more than Iron Man, Thor, and the first Captain America combined.
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And now its en route to another huge milestone. On Thursday, the movie topped $676 million in the US, a number that surpasses the total theatrical grosses of Iron Man ($318 million), Thor ($181 million), and the first Captain America ($177 million) film combined.
Of course, box office is only a measure of commercial success, and it can be dangerous to equate box office haul with cinematic greatness. But in the case of Black Panther, its well earned. Its a terrific film, one that shatters stereotypes about race and gender in tentpole blockbusters, explores important ideas about black culture and Afrofuturism, and is a genuinely fun, well-made movie to boot.
The movies been out for nine weeks, which means its likely slowing down. But TChalla and co. are part of the force that will likely propel next weeks Avengers: Infinity War into the box office stratosphere and their popularity with moviegoers means theyre not going away any time soon. At this rate, Wakanda will, indeed, be with us forever.
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