Disney’s highly-anticipated superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” debuted to a very strong $28 million in Thursday night previews.
That beats out the first “Black Panther”, which debuted at $25 million back in 2018, though it comes in behind the other two MCU films of this year – “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($36 million) and “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($29 million).
‘Wakanda Forever’ is reportedly on track to earn around $185 million in its domestic opening weekend, slightly less than the $202 million that the first film debuted to. However, some are offering more optimistic projections in and around the $200 million range.
The “Doctor Strange” sequel has the biggest opening weekend of the year so far, with $187 million in its first three days (including previews) back in May, ahead of a total global gross of over $950 million.
Thus ‘Wakanda Forever’ is potentially in the position to beat it. The film has already made $10 million from overseas territories and is expected to take in around $365 million worldwide by Sunday.
One place it won’t be pulling in revenue is China which has blocked the film’s release there. It’s not unfamiliar for Marvel Studios, who has found all their film releases post “Avengers: Endgame” being blocked.
Source: THR
