Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Earns $180 Million Domestically, $330M Global In Opening Weekend

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever warned $180 million domestically with a $330M global total In its opening weekend. These numbers fall into what early projections estimated ($170M-$205M).

The opening is:

• 10% behind 2018’s Black Panther ($202.0M)

• #13 biggest opening weekend of all time, between 2018’s Incredibles 2 ($182.6M) and 2016’s Captain America: Civil War ($179.1M)

• #2 opening weekend of 2022 so far, behind only May’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4M) and ahead of June’s Jurassic World: Dominion ($145.0M)

• The #1 November opening weekend of all time, beating the previous record holder - 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($158.0M)

• #8 opening weekend in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), behind:

  • 2019’s Avengers: Endgame ($357.1M)

  • 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260.1M)

  • 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War ($257.6M)

  • 2012’s The Avengers ($207.4M)

  • 2018’s Black Panther ($202.0M)

  • 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.2M)

  • May’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4M)

(Stats from: BoxOfficePro)