Box Office Results: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Explodes to the Top

November 13, 2022

As expected, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever exploded out of the gates with a massive $180 million domestic opening weekend from 4,396 theaters. According to Deadline, that figure is about 5 percent behind the original Black Panther and 8 percent ahead of Thor: Love and Thunder. Considering the massive runtime and current state of moviegoing, this is an enormous win for Disney.

On Imax, Black Panther earned a November record $14.2 million from 405 US theaters. Black Panther’s opening was enough to unseat The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which held the biggest November opening record for nine years. That’s insane. Worldwide, Ryan Coogler’s epic sequel hauled in $330 million without China’s benefit. Wakanda might stick around at the box office forever with no huge releases on the horizon.

This week’s only other noteworthy release was Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, which opened in four locations across the country and collected $160,000 — or $40K per theater. That’s about par with the limited openings for Tar ($39K) and Banshees of Inisherin ($46K). Spielberg’s autobiographical pic goes wide on November 23.

DOMESTIC TOP 10

1.) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Dis), 4,396 theaters, Fri $84M, 3-day $175M-$185M/Wk 1

2.) Black Adam (NL) 3,603 (-382) theaters, Fri $2.7M (-43%), 3-day $10M (-45%)/Total $152.5M/Wk 4

3.) Ticket to Paradise (Uni) 3,633 (-433) theaters, Fri $2.1M (-17%), 3-day $6.3M (-25%)/Total $56.7M/Wk 4

4.) Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (Sony) 2,486 (-519) theaters, Fri $1.125M (+52%), 3-day $3M (-9%)/Total: $40.6M/Wk 6

5.) Smile (Par) 2,271 (-775) theaters, Fri $800K (-31%) ,3-day $2.285M (-43%),total $102.7M/Wk 7

6.) Prey for the Devil (LG) 2,164 (-816) theaters, Fri $678K (-40%), 3-day $1.9M (-51%) Total $16.8M/ Wk 3

7.) One Piece Film Red (Crunchy) 2,161 (-206) theaters, Fri $481K (-90%), 3-day $1.53M (-84%)/Total $12.8M/Wk 2

8.) Banshees of Inisherin (Sea) 960 (+65) Fri $548K (-25%), 3-day $1.5M (-25%), Total $5.6M/Wk 4

9.) Till (UAR) 1,358 (-778) theaters, Fri $193K (-63%), 3-day $685K (-63%)/Total $8.1M/Wk 5

10.) Yashoda (Cine) 200 theaters, Fri $137K, 3-day $395K/Wk 1

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