While box office estimates had been steadily increasing over the last few weeks, the movie still surpassed, or in Iger’s words, “obliterated,” expectations.
As the CEO of Disney, it’s obvious that Bob Iger is going to be excited by the records that Black Panther is breaking, specifically at the box office.
The movie had the fifth highest three-day opening in movie history, coming in just behind Marvel’s own Avengers.
At the end of the day, Iger is mostly concerned with the financial health of the Disney company, and success like this is only to continue to improve the company’s overall profile.