Box Office: 'Black Panther' Nears $500M And Pushes Disney Over $1B For 2018
Scott Mendelson , CONTRIBUTOR I cover the film industry. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Walt Disney 'Black Panther' Thanks to Black Panther and holdover business from Star Wars: The Last Jedi , Coco and Thor: Ragnarok , Walt Disney has already topped the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office in just 52 days. And $491 million of that has come from Black Panther alone, as the MCU superhero flick races past $500m worldwide sometime today. For what it’s worth, I would argue that every dime that Black Panther earns means one less dime that Solo needs to make to keep the whole market share thing in play. Yes, there is supreme irony in the African-set superhero movie potentially helping Disney save face if (and this is a big “if”) the Han Solo flick underperforms, but I’m not going to knock the studio that is releasing Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time alongside that Star Wars Story . For those who just c