It also recorded the second-best Sunday ever at the domestic box office with an estimated $59.55m, just behind the all-time record held by the Disney/Lucasfilm production Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Upon release, Black Panther instantly became the top-grossing film in history by a black director (Ryan Coogler) and featuring a predominantly black cast.
This would see the movie claw up its rivals’ Friday-Monday takings by Avengers ($226.3m), Jurassic World ($234.1m), and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($241.6m).
Black Panther is out in UK and US cinemas now.
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