<P> Four days before its United States opening, IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster revealed that Black Panther had the most advanced IMAX ticket sales of any Marvel film . He added that it did not appear the ticket sales had peaked, stating that a film usually peaks 10 days before it opens, but Black Panther "feels like it's going to peak the day it opens". Atom Tickets also revealed strong pre-sales for the film . On February 15, 2017, Fandango announced that the film had the fourth - highest pre-sale tickets sold, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Rogue One . It also became the top pre-seller for a superhero film, beating Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, for a film released in February, beating Deadpool, as well as for the first quarter of the year, beating The Hunger Games and Beauty and the Beast . </P> <P> Black Panther earned $75.8 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada (including $25.2 million from Thursday night previews), and earned $242.1 million over the four - day Presidents' Day weekend, which was the best Presidents' Day weekend opening, the second - best four - day opening after Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($288 million) and best ever for an African - American director . The Thursday night gross was the second - best for a MCU film, behind Avengers: Age of Ultron ($27.6 million), the second - best preview night for a non-summer release, behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($27.7 million), and the best preview night for a February release, beating Deadpool ($12.7 million). $3 million of the Thursday preview gross came from IMAX, which was tied for the most with Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War . The total opening day gross was the third - highest for a superhero film, behind Age of Ultron ($84 million) and The Avengers ($80 million), the second - highest pre-summer release, behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($81 million), and the eighth - highest opening day ever . The $50.6 million earned on Friday was the largest single - day gross for a solo superhero film and the largest single - day gross for a non-sequel film . The $60.1 million earned on Sunday was the best single - day gross for a superhero film and the second best Sunday ever, behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($60.5 million). The three - day total weekend gross of $202 million was the fifth - best three - day opening ever and the biggest opening for a pre-summer and February release . The film's $40.2 million gross on Monday was the best Monday gross of all time . IMAX contributed $23.5 million to the opening weekend gross, which was the best ever for a February release and any Marvel film, and the fourth - best opening ever . Speaking to the success of the film in its opening weekend, Anthony D'Alessandro of Deadline Hollywood said it was "summer box office records during the second month of the year". </P> <P> AMC Theatres also reported that Black Panther became the highest - grossing film in history at 33 of their locations after two days, earning more than other films have earned in an entire weekend . They later stated that the film became the highest - grossing film in an opening weekend for 150 of their theaters, with 15 locations more than doubling their previous record and two tripling their previous record . Black Panther also had the second - largest Saturday and largest Sunday in AMC history, and had the second - largest opening weekend for the chain with 4.4 million admissions . Atom Tickets sold more tickets for Black Panther than any other superhero film . Fandango's pre-sales accounted for 30% of the opening weekend gross, one of the largest box office shares for any film in Fandango's history . The opening weekend gross surpassed early projections for the film . Early projections in December 2017 had it earning between $80--90 million, which increased to $100--120 million by the end of January 2018, and ultimately increasing again closer to the film's release, projecting it to earn $150--170 million or more . Several other film studios projected the total could be as high as $180--200 million, while Disney initially projected the film to gross around $150 million in its opening weekend . </P> <P> On the Tuesday after its opening weekend, Black Panther earned an estimated $21.07 million, which was the best pre-summer Tuesday ever, beating Beauty and the Beast ($17.8 million), the best Tuesday ever for an MCU film, beating The Avengers ($17.6 million), and the second - best Tuesday all time, after The Force Awakens ($37.3 million). Its five - day total of $263.2 million was still second to The Force Awakens ($325.4 million). The $14.3 million earned the Thursday after its opening weekend was the best Thursday ever for a MCU film, beating The Avengers ($12.4 million). It also surpassed $300 million on Friday, becoming the fastest MCU film to reach that mark in eight days, once again surpassing The Avengers, which had reached the mark in nine days, and tying The Last Jedi and Jurassic World . It also became the MCU film with the highest first - week gross . </P>

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