Digging in its claws, “Black Panther” has clung to its box-office lead for a fifth straight weekend, taking in an estimated $27 million in North American theaters while fending off two new films, website Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.
The Disney/Marvel superhero film has now earned a domestic total of just over $600 million while becoming the first film since “Avatar” in 2009 to hold the top spot for five straight weekends.
“Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman as the superhero king of a utopian African country, has almost singlehandedly kept the year’s box office total slightly above the same period last year. It is only days away from overtaking another Marvel film, “The Avengers,” as the all-time top-grossing superhero film in North America, Variety reported.
It easily fended off a challenge from Warner Bros.’ newly released “Tomb Raider,” an…
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