‘Black Panther’ Powers Past $300 Million at International Box Office
Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” has grossed an impressive $83.8 million in its second weekend in about 83% of international markets, lifting the superhero tentpole to $304 million overseas.
“Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman as the king of a fictional African nation, now has a worldwide total of $704 million through Sunday — making it the 10th largest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having already passed “Doctor Strange” and “Ant-Man.”
The U.K. has led the way for “Black Panther” on the foreign front with $41.2 million, followed by South Korea with $36 million.
Russia opened this weekend solely in Imax/Deluxe formats with $2.6 million, close to the same level as “Thor: Ragnarok,” and opens wide on Feb. 26. Vietnam launched with $2.5 million, including previews, the fifth biggest opening weekend in industry history.
The best holds came in West Africa, where the gross rose 7% from the record-setting opening weekend. In South Africa, the second weekend declined only 4% and was the third biggest weekend ever, behind only the opening weekends of “Black Panther” last week and “Furious 8.”
European markets declined by only 34% overall, led by Switzerland (-19%), Finland (-22%), France (-22%), Sweden (-23%), Austria (-24%), Netherlands (-24%), Germany (-35%), UK (-36%) and Italy (-45%). The Asia-Pacific region declined by 54% with the best holds seen in Australia (-30%), New Zealand (-39%), Hong Kong (-40%), Taiwan (-48%) and Singapore (-48%).
“Black Panther” will open in Japan on March 1 and China on March 9. The Chinese box office has been delivering gigantic numbers for the Chinese New Year holidays as “Monster Hunt 2” earned $190 million last weekend and “Detective Chinatown 2” earned $154 million in its first three days.
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