The film took $292 million at the North American box office, $22 million more than The Avengers grossed in its first week in 2012.
That does open Black Panther up to the potential of becoming the highest-grossing comic book film of all time, a title The Avengers currently holds, though that’ll be dependent on how much its box office declines in future weeks.
Black Panther outperformed The Avengers to become the highest-grossing MCU film in its first week.
Disney noted, via Variety, that comparative Marvel titles have declined on average of 53% domestically, with the exception of The Avengers, which only dropped 45%.