Black Panther becomes third film to cross $700 mn at North American box-office after Avatar, The Force Awakens

Nearly six months after its release, _Black Panther_ has finally crossed the $700 million mark at the North American box-office, the third film to do so after Jame Cameron’s  Avatar  ($760.5 million) and JJ Abram’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million), reports  The Hollywood Reporter. [caption id=“attachment_4329279” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Chadwick Boseman in a still from Black Panther. Marvel[/caption] The Ryan Coogler directorial is currently in its 25th weekend of release, which is unusual in a time when films usually last in a theatre for three to four months. Black Panther has grossed $1.346 billion globally, becoming the top earner of 2018 in North America and top-grossing superhero film in North America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Disney and Marvel superhero film featured an all-black cast with actors like Chadwick Boseman (as King T’Challa/Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (as Nakia), Michael B Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik ‘Killmonger Stevens), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Daniel Kaluuya (W’Kabi), Letitia Wright ( Shuri ), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Forest Whitaker (Zuri) and Andy Serkis (as the antagonist Ulysses Klaue). It has also received a 97% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The story, described as a tale of black power and black pride in addition to its superhero themes, follows T’Challa as he is sworn in as king of Wakanda, a cloaked, technologically advanced nation in Africa that is home to the exotic metal vibranium, the source of Black Panther’s powers.