Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the sequel to Marvel’s wildly successful 2018 Afro-futuristic film, dominated the North American box office in its opening weekend in theaters, AFP and Agerpres reported.

With an estimated gross of $180 million in the United States and Canada, the Marvel film ranks 13th on Box Office Mojo’s list of the highest-grossing releases of all time.

Internationally, the film grossed another $150 million.

“It’s a sensational release,” commented David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, “especially for a mid-November release.”

Journalists of Variety magazine also note that Wakanda Forever became the second best release of the year at the North American box office.

It remains the best issue of the year Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which grossed $187 million in its first weekend of release.

A Marvel tribute film, an instant success at the box office

Wakanda is forever it’s a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the star of the first one black Pantherwho died of colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 43.

The actor appears in flashbacks as T’Challa, the ruler of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.

After the death of T’Challa, Wakanda finds itself in conflict with the world powers, including the underwater kingdom, and tries to maintain its autonomy. The film also stars Letitia Wright as T’Challa’s sister Shuri, Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda, and Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Winston Duke.

black Panther 2018’s first blockbuster with a black superhero became a cultural phenomenon, grossing more than $1.3 billion at the box office and earning a Best Picture Oscar nomination along the way.

“Wakanda Forever” has significantly outperformed other films in North American theaters

At a great distance from Wakanda is forevergrossing $8.6 million, was another superhero film, Black Adamwhich spent three weeks in first place at the North American box office.

This DC Comics film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Tet Adam, a former slave with superpowers who has just been released from prison after a very long incarceration and finds himself in a transformed and hostile universe.

“Ticket to Heaven,” a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney as ex-husbands who put aside their differences and go to Bali to prevent their daughter from getting married in what they consider a hasty marriage, took third place at the box office in 6.1 million dollars.

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodilethe children’s book adaptation, ranked fourth with $3.2 million.

In fifth place is the psychological thriller “Smile” with a collection of 2.3 million dollars. The film, which cost $17 million, has grossed $102.8 million domestically since its release.

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