Fired up by an estimated $30.8m from its first two international days in release and $28m from Thursday’s North American previews, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has grossed $58.8m heading into the three-day portion of the global launch weekend.
Latest highlights from 43 markets in release see the Marvel Studios/Disney tentpole reach $3.8m in France, $3.1m in Mexico, $2.3m in South Korea, $2m in Brazil, $1.8m in Australia, $1.7m in Indonesia, $1.4m in Germany, $1.2m in Italy, and $1m in Central America.
In another highlight, Wakanda Forever scored the fourth highest opening day of the pandemic era in Brazil and claimed 89% market share in the territory, where there is a national holiday coming up on Tuesday.
The film has claimed 96% market share in Malaysia and 93% in Singapore, where it produced the fourth and fifth highest pandemic opening days, respectively. Friday sees Ryan Coogler’s superhero sequel roll out in the UK, Japan, Spain, Poland, India, Turkey, and South Africa.
Disney distribution executives are emphasising that the opening day did not benefit from a national holiday as is the case with many internal comps. That said, on a little-for-like basis the first two days are tracking 143% ahead of Black Adam, 26% ahead of The Batman, and 16% behind 2018’s Black Panther, which opened during Lunar New Year across Asia.
Executives said the North American preview is the 15th highest in industry history, exceeding those of Avengers: Age Of Ultron ($27.6m), Black Panther ($25m), Captain America: Civil War ($25m), and Captain Marvel ($21m). Thor: Love And Thunder delivered $29m in previews last July.
Wakanda Forever opens across North America today in 4,396 locations with an estimated $66m in advance sales. It has been forecast to open globally in the $330m-$400m range.
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