‘Black Panther’ Powers Past $300 Million at International Box Office

Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” has grossed an impressive $83.8 million in its second weekend in about 83% of international markets, lifting the superhero tentpole to $304 million overseas.“Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman as the king of a fictional African nation, now has a worldwide total of $704 million through Sunday — making it the 10th largest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having already passed “Doctor Strange” and “Ant-Man.”The U.K.

has led the way for “Black Panther” on the foreign front with $41.2 million, followed by South Korea with $36 million.Russia opened this weekend solely in Imax/Deluxe formats with $2.6 million, close to the same level as “Thor: Ragnarok,” and opens wide on Feb.

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Vietnam launched with $2.5 million, including previews, the fifth biggest opening weekend in industry history.The best holds came in West Africa, where the gross rose 7% from the record-setting opening weekend.

In South Africa, the second weekend declined only 4% and was the third biggest weekend ever, behind

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