'Black Panther' Gets Best First Week out of All Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies

Beating ‘The Avengers.’

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Black Panther is doing extremely well at the box office. It broke another Marvel record, reportedly having the highest-grossing first week in Marvel Cinematic Universe history.

The Ryan Coogler-directed film reportedly earned $292 million USD in North America in its first week. In comparison, it took The Avengers nine days to get to $300 million USD in North America. The movie isn’t just popular in the USA, it also brought in an additional $228 million USD internationally, bringing in its first-week total to $520 million USD.

According to Variety and other sources, Black Panther‘s second-weekend numbers is heading for a roughly $90 million to $100 million USD weekend across North America.

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