Black Panther Passes Titanic in Domestic Box Office Sales

The Wakandan royal family has spent the last eight weekends rising through the ranks of box office statistics and they just surpassed another milestone. Having posted an estimated $665.4 million in North America since its February 16 release date, Black Panther has overtaken Titanic to take the spot for the third highest all-time domestic box office performance not adjusting for inflation.

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During its debut run Titanic sailed through $600.8 million in ticket sales, adjusting to $1.2 billion with inflation making it the fifth highest grossing film of all time.

Having beaten the odds stacked against it from deep within the entertainment industry, Black Panther became a beast unto itself, claiming the spot as the top-earning Marvel film in the franchise's history, with King T'Challa's gross sitting a lofty $42 million ahead of The Avengers' $623.4 million (and counting).

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Black Panther marks a strong start to the year for Marvel and Disney, two studios with more highly-anticipated film releases planned for 2018 including Avengers: Infinity War, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Incredibles 2, and Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.