Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ to Snag More Than $100 Million in Second Weekend

Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” is set to score about $102 million from 4,020 North American locations in its second weekend, for the fourth-highest second weekend gross in history.The Ryan Coogler-directed film will come in behind the second frames of only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with $149 million, “Jurassic World” with $106.6 million, and “The Avengers” with $103 million.The second frame total will mark a 49% decline from the previous weekend, a smaller decline than most other Marvel titles, which Disney noted Friday slow by an average of roughly 53% from their first to second weekends.

“The Avengers” declined by 45% into its second weekend.“Black Panther” has earned the highest day total for a Marvel film each day for the past week, including $14.2 million on Thursday.

It’s earned over $520 million globally in its first seven days and $320 million domestically.

With the addition of this weekend’s number, “Black Panther” will have earned more domestically in its first two weekends

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