Black Panther continues to make history!
This week Ryan Coogler’s hit film has made enough money in the box office that it’s officially the top- grossing superhero film in North America…of ALL TIME!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, with $630.9 million in ticket sales since Sunday, Disney and Marvel achieved this major milestone after passing fellow Marvel title The Avengers, which grossed $623.4 million in 2012.
On a global level, the film has raked in a whopping $1.237 billion in ticket sales, surpassing Iron Man 3 ($1.214 billion) to rank as the No. 3 superhero title of all time at the worldwide box office behind Avengers ($1.518 billion) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.405 billion).
Oh, and did we mention…Black Panther is the 12th biggest money-making film ever?
Naturally, Black Twitter embraced our king’s great news:
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Wakanda really is forever y’all!
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‘Black Panther’ Is The Top-Grossing Superhero Film Of All Time In U.S. was originally published on hellobeautiful.com