'Black Panther' is now the highest domestic grossing superhero movie of all-time - and it did it in just 36 days

Jason Guerrasio

Mar 24, 2018, 21:26 IST

'Black Panther' is now the highest domestic grossing superhero movie of all-time - and it did it in just 36 days

Marvel

"Black Panther."

By Saturday night, "Black Panther" will become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all-time at the domestic box office.
It will have surpassed previous record-holder, 2012's "The Avengers" ($623.2 million).
However, counting inflation, "The Avengers" still is the top superhero movie with a domestic gross of over $700 million.

By Saturday night, "Black Panther" will be the highest-grossing superhero movie of all-time at the domestic box office, with an estimated total of over $630.5 million by the time the weekend's over. It surpasses the previous title holder, 2012's "The Avenger" ($623.2 million).

The incredible feat by the movie is even more astounding by the fact that it was done in only 36 days.

And with a $1.2 billion worldwide gross, the movie is inching closer to the top 10 all-time (currently sitting in 14th place just behind "Iron Man 3" with $1.214 billion).

Now, none of this is counting inflation. When going down that road, "Black Panther" still has a little more work to do.

The Disney/Marvel box-office sensation will likely finally lose its number one spot at the domestic box office to newcomer "Pacific Rim: Uprising."

And "Black Panther" is in fourth place for all-time superhero domestic grosses - behind 2002's "Spider-Man" ($637.8 million), 2008's "The Dark Knight" ($683.5 million), and "The Avengers" ($705.7 million).

Nice company to be in, and with the movie still having a month (maybe two) in theaters, who knows where it will end up on this list of titans.