‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Advance Ticket Sales Race Past $45M in U.S. | THR News - video Dailymotion

Ryan Coogler's sequel is expected to score north of $325 million when opening at the global box office this week and weekend.

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00:00Now is our time to strike.

00:07Black Panther Wakanda Forever is looking to have a massive opening weekend.

00:12Ryan Coogler's Black Panther follow-up has already raced past $45 million in advance

00:18U.S. box office ticket sales, with several days to go before the highly anticipated

00:22Marvel Studios sequel officially opens.

00:25On Wednesday, Wakanda Forever begins its international rollout on its way to opening everywhere by

00:30the weekend, excluding China and Russia.

00:33Projections show the 10-pole opening to at least $175 million domestically.

00:39Some exhibitors are suggesting $185 million to $200 million, and anywhere from $155 million

00:45to $195 million at the international box office.

00:49Coogler's groundbreaking Black Panther made history when debuting to $202 million domestically

00:55over the February 16-18 weekend in 2018.

00:59The film was the first Hollywood studio tentpole to feature a predominantly Black cast and transformed

01:05into a cultural phenomenon on its way to earning more than $1.34 billion at the worldwide box

01:12office.

01:12The sequel's road to the big screen was at the center of tragedy when Chadwick Boseman,

01:16who played the title role of T'Challa-slash-Black Panther, died of colon cancer in August of 2020.

01:23Wakanda Forever's cast includes Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke,

01:29Danai Gurira, Florence Kasumba, and Martin Freeman, as well as Marvel newcomer Tenoch Huerta

01:34as Namor and Dominique Thorne as the hero Riri Williams.

01:38Superhero movies have been faring well at the box office in the pandemic era.

01:42Spider-Man No Way Home opened to $260.1 million in December of 2021.

01:48Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness opened to $187.4 million in early May of this

01:53year, while Thor Love and Thunder scored $144.2 million in July.

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