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Box-Office Weekend: Black Panther Still King

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Continuing to stand tall above all newcomers, Black Panther dominated yet again this past weekend at the box office. The Marvel powerhouse brought in another $66.3 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to a staggering $501.7 million.

The very distant second-place spot belonged to the newest Jennifer Lawrence film, Red Sparrow, which debuted with $16.9 million. Another new release, Death Wish, starring Bruce Willis debuted in third with $13 million.

The comedy mystery film Game Night did decent business in its second week with $10.4 million, though it did fall quite a bit after earning around $23 million during its first weekend. Peter Rabbit fell to fourth place with a $10 million weekend, to raise its four-week total to $84.1 million. And Annihilation continued its drop down the weekly countdown to sixth place this weekend with $5.6 million, giving it a two-week total of $20.6 million. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle finished in the seventh spot adding $4.4 million to raise its eleven-week total to $393.1 million.

Elsewhere, Fifty Shades Freed continues to slide down the rungs of the top ten. This week it’s from third to eighth, and will more than likely see its time in the top ten come to an end this coming weekend after bringing in just $95.7 million over its four-week run.

The Hugh Jackman vehicle The Greatest Showman looks primed to finally bow out of the top ten in the next week or so. The film took in $2.7 million over the weekend, to lift it’s eleven-week haul to $164.6 million. Finally, the drama/fantasy/romance Every Day managed to eke out $1.5 million and crack the top ten list this week, though it’s stay will more than likely be quite a short-lived one.

Next weekend, several new releases look to challenge for the top box office spot, including: A Wrinkle in Time from Disney and Gringo from STX.

Weekend Box Office (March 2nd – March 4th)

  1. Black Panther…$66.3 Million
  2. Red Sparrow…$16.9 Million
  3. Death Wish…$13 Million
  4. Game Night…$10.4 Million
  5. Peter Rabbit…$10 Million
  6. Annihilation…$5.6 Million
  7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle…$4.4 Million
  8. Fifty Shades Freed…$3.4 Million
  9. The Greatest Showman…$2.7 Million
  10. Every Day…$1.5 Million

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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