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‘Black Panther’ Sprinting Toward Historic $200M+ 4-Day Weekend
Deadline.com ^ | 02/16/18

Posted on 02/16/2018 1:04:48 PM PST by Simon Green

The first set of estimates are in, and they’re showing that Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther is headed toward a historic weekend with $200M-$205M over four-days, $175M over three. These figures do not come from Disney. The Ryan Coolger-directed, an co-written pic with Joe Robert Cole should post an estimated $72M today, with last night’s $25.2M previews repping 35% of that number.

On a three-day and four-day basis, Black Panther‘s estimates are easily the pre-summer records beating Beauty and the Beast ($174.7M 3-day, $188.2M 4-day) and Warner Bros./DC’s Batman v. Superman ($166M 3-day, $181M 4-day). If these figures maintain, then Black Panther will own the 7th best opening of all-time at the domestic box office behind Captain America: Civil War ($179M). The pic is also on track to beat Marvel’s Iron Man 3 ($174.1M 3-day, $185.4M 4-day). Beyond amazing, especially for this time of year, but this holiday always works in the majors’ favor: ComScore reports that 23% K-12 and 9% colleges are off today, figures which will respectively spike to 88% out and 34% out. Over four-days, Coogler’s Black Panther beats the first four days of F. Gary Gray’s Fate of the Furious’ debut by 86% (or $107.3M). Gray owned the previous opening record for a movie directed by an African American.


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To: Simon Green
My take is that this reminds me of the Black Exploitation films of the 1970’s. It is just a Big Budget film that does have crossover appeal, much like “Shaft” was in 1971.

Personally I am burned out on these Comic Book and Sci-Fi movies, so I probably want see it until it turns up on Netflix or something.

41 posted on 02/16/2018 6:57:30 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: SkyPilot

Thass raciss!


42 posted on 02/16/2018 8:55:09 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: montag813

What did they say?


43 posted on 02/16/2018 8:55:39 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: mcjordansc

Because we feel this movie, the whole hype surrounding it is nothing but another attack on White, where Black is the good guy and White the bad. Because it is all based on skin color, it has nothing to teach anybody. That is, unless all of the claim of the racists on both sides are true. It’s nothing about people getting along together.


44 posted on 02/16/2018 8:59:07 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: mcjordansc
why, as some of us are keenly aware of what this ‘black panther’ symbolizes and find it just as vile, disturbing, and repulsive as if the propaganda were instead titled ‘grand wizard’ and took place within a fantasy white supremacist utopia?!? with the entire internet at your disposal, it’s your choice to drink the kool aid!!!
45 posted on 02/16/2018 9:22:34 PM PST by vikingrinn
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To: napscoordinator

What were the demographics of the attendees? Mostly white or black?


46 posted on 02/16/2018 9:36:44 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Funny how nobody is going to complain about the lack of diversity in the cast.


47 posted on 02/16/2018 9:40:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: mcjordansc

Your first post in how many weeks, and it’s to tell us just how “racist” we are.


48 posted on 02/16/2018 9:50:42 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator; mcjordansc

His/her posting history says it all.


49 posted on 02/16/2018 10:07:52 PM PST by 1035rep
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To: SauronOfMordor

I would say 60/40 Black. I was surprised to see so many whites. Probably Hillary voters.


50 posted on 02/17/2018 5:12:03 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: 1035rep

Yes, it says I am not a freaking racist lunatic.


51 posted on 02/17/2018 5:25:36 AM PST by mcjordansc
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To: Steven Scharf

It is not presales. Most movie goers buy tickets in advance especially when it is a big opening.


Yes. But I’ve never heard it reported before.


52 posted on 02/17/2018 6:13:16 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: robroys woman

I’ve heard of presales.

I went to the movie Friday at noon. Full showing, and there was s total of 4 non black people (me among them).

Good movie, but predictable, for this Marvel fan. Won’t put any spoilers, but there were a few parts I didn’t like.


53 posted on 02/17/2018 7:03:40 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: ichabod1

Actual, it’s about black on black crime, and father figure abandonment that I took from it as a central theme.

Sure, there’s a bad guy who’s white (Klaue), but there’s a good guy who’s white, top (Ross).


54 posted on 02/17/2018 7:18:13 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: Simon Green

I’ve not seen any of the comic book movies and don’t intend to. What’s the big deal about this one? Did they make a black guy the hero? I thought that has been a fixed rule in Hollywood for many years now.


55 posted on 02/17/2018 11:27:55 AM PST by sphinx
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To: Simon Green

Blaxsplotation round II!


56 posted on 02/18/2018 12:04:22 PM PST by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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