‘Black Panther’ Sprints Past Estimates for Massive Second Weekend

Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” wound up with a $111.7 million second weekend in North America — $3.7 million above Sunday’s estimates.The studio’s final figures showed $28.8 million on Friday, $47.6 million on Saturday, and $35.3 million on Sunday.

That brings the 10-day domestic total to $403.6 million.The figures mean that “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman, declined only 45% in its second weekend for the second-highest second weekend of all time, behind only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at $149 million.

It’s now the 26th-highest domestic grosser of all time, trailing Sony’s 2002 “Spider-Man” by $100,000.“Black Panther,” directed by Ryan Coogler, has caught on with moviegoers this month in a way that few other titles have in Hollywood’s recent history — blowing past last month’s tracking that showed it would open in the $100 million-to-$120 million range.It’s notched an A+ Cinemascore, only the second Marvel film to do so (after “The Avengers”), and has dazzled critics with a

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