Black Panther clings to lead, close to record
LOS ANGELES - Digging in its claws, Black Panther has clung to its box-office lead for a fifth straight weekend, taking in an estimated $27 million in North American theaters while fending off two new films, website Exhibitor Relations said on Sunday.
The Disney/Marvel superhero film has now earned a domestic total of just over $600 million while becoming the first film since Avatar in 2009 to hold the top spot for five straight weekends.
Black Panther, starring Chadwick Boseman as the superhero king of a utopian African country, has almost single-handedly kept the year's box office total slightly above the same period last year. It is only days away from overtaking another Marvel film, The Avengers, as the all-time top-grossing superhero film in North America, Variety reported.
