With $631 million so far at the domestic box office, Marvel's 'Black Panther' is now the best and highest-grossing superhero film in the United States, not adjusted for inflation.
Ryan Coogler's superhero tentpole saw $17 million at 3,370 locations in its sixth weekend, making it $623 million "The Avengers" in 2012. "Black Panther" has also recently passed "Star Wars: The Last Jedis" total of $619 million in 2017.
The highest-grossing film from domestic history is 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' from 2015, which earned $936.6 million, followed by 'Avatar's' $760.5 million, 'Titanic's' $659.3 million 'and' Jurassic World's' $652.2 million.
Since the opening on February 16, "Black Panther" has further pulverized its milestones, including passing the $1 billion mark at the global cashier agency in just 26 days. In a rare performance, the film was top five weekends in the first place at the cash register. The last film to secure the number 1 spot for at least five weekends was 'Avatar,' which led seven weeks in 2009 and 2010. Before that, 1999's "The Sixth Sense" was the last film to take the top position for five consecutive weeks.
"Black Panther" has been praised for its diversity as a large-scale superhero tentpole with an almost entirely black cast. Chadwick Boseman is set in the fictional African nation Wakanda, alongside Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira and Michael B. Jordan.
Trailer: Marvel Entertainment