It also helps that Black Panther’s competition on opening weekend are all smaller movies like Early Man and Nostalgia.
These new box office predictions are just the latest evidence that Black Panther will almost definitely be a commercial powerhouse.
The weekend after brings slightly bigger fare like Game Night and Annihilation, but when it comes to blockbusters, Black Panther has the market cornered for a few weeks.
Last month, the movie pre-sold more tickets in its first 24 hours than any other Marvel Studios movie, and earlier this week, it was announced that Black Panther had become the highest pre-selling superhero movie of all time, surpassing even Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.