‘Panther’ runs ahead of the pack
DIGGING in its claws,
clung to its domestic box office lead for a fifth straight week, taking $26.7million (R320.8-million) as Disney’s other marquee release crashed and burned, showed on Monday.
The 18th release in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe of superhero movies has earned $605-million (R7.2billion) in the US and Canada, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations, and is the first film since
(2009) to chalk up five consecutive top spots.
Starring Chadwick Boseman as the king of a utopian African country,
is days away from overtaking another Marvel film,
as the alltime top-grossing superhero film in North America.
If the executives at Disney-owned Marvel are punching the air, their colleagues at another of the entertainment giant’s divisions, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, have little to cheer. data
Perhaps the biggest story of the weekend was the disappointing performance of
which fell two places to fourth in its second week, with a woeful $16.3-million (R195-million) – a 50% drop.
was shunted out of the top three by new Warner Brothers release with Swedish actress Alicia Vikander reprising the role of fearless adventurer Lara Croft, made famous in the early 2000s by Angelina Jolie.
In something of a surprise, third place went to a low-budget, faith-based drama which amassed $17.1-million (R204-million) – the biggest net ever for a film from Roadside Attractions.
In fifth place was new Fox release at $11.8-million (R140-million).
The film stars Nick Robinson in what would be a classic love story – except that it is the first romantic comedy from a mainstream studio to be told from a gay teen’s perspective. — AFP
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