The box office is back in full force, thanks to an amazing opening weekend for the new Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The sequel to the 2018 film Black Panther earned more than $180 million in ticket sales this weekend, making it one of the best premieres of the year (second only to fellow Marvel movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), and the HIGHEST-grossing debut ever for the month of November!
According to CNN, the original record belonged to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which made $158 million in November, 2013.
The film was highly anticipated with audiences wondering how Marvel would handle the death of star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away at the age of 43 in 2020 of colon cancer.
Brian Lowry, CNN's media critic, wrote in his review, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever faced an inordinate degree of difficulty, addressing the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman. That the movie manages to strike that somber chord and still deliver as Marvel-style entertainment represents a major accomplishment."
Superhero films have fared well during the pandemic, but none yet has reached the heights of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which opened to $260.1 million in December, 2021.
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