{"id":103158,"date":"2022-10-20T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/black-panther-wakanda-forever-tracking-for-175-million-opening\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:45:00","slug":"black-panther-wakanda-forever-tracking-for-175-million-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/black-panther-wakanda-forever-tracking-for-175-million-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black Panther: Wakanda Forever&#8217; Tracking for $175 Million Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\t\u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d is on pace to land one of the year&#8217;s biggest opening weekends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tEarly tracking, released by NRG, has the superhero sequel debuting to $175 million, but many rival studio executives believe that figure could grow after reviews hit and word-of-mouth builds.  Disney and Marvel still haven&#8217;t released the bulk of their marketing materials, which could also goose ticket sales. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tIf that figure is accurate, it will be the second biggest debut of 2022, just below the $187.4 million logged by \u201cDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.\u201d  The original \u201cBlack Panther\u201d opened to $202 million in 2018, ultimately grossing $700.4 million domestically and $1.3 billion globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tAdvance ticket sales are already strong, and the initial word among the select few who have seen rough cuts of the movie is that the sequel delivers the goods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\t\u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d opens on Nov.  11. Chadwick Boseman, who played King T&#8217;Challa in the original \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d died of colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 43. The film will follow the leaders of Wakanda as they grapple with the aftermath of the death of their ruler and a new threat from an ancient civilization of underwater-dwelling people. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tRyan Coogler returns as director, leading a cast that includes Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong&#8217;o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Michaela Coel and Angela Bassett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tIf \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d is a hit, that&#8217;s good news for theater owners.  There have been a few modest successes this fall, such as \u201cHalloween Ends\u201d and \u201cSmile,\u201d but the theatrical business is in desperate need of a massive blockbuster as it struggles to rebound from COVID.  \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d and \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d are expected to turn things around and provide the exhibition business with the kind of commercial juggernauts it needs for holiday season. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d is on pace to land one of the year&#8217;s biggest opening weekends. Early tracking, released by NRG, has the superhero sequel debuting to $175 million, but many rival studio executives believe that figure could grow after reviews hit and word-of-mouth builds. Disney and Marvel still haven&#8217;t released the bulk of their &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/black-panther-wakanda-forever-tracking-for-175-million-opening\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Black Panther: Wakanda Forever&#8217; Tracking for $175 Million Opening<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102992,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wakanda-forever-eyeing-second-highest-opening-of-2022-after-doctor-strange-2-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":103158,"position":0},"title":"Wakanda Forever&#8217; Eyeing Second-Highest Opening Of 2022 After &#8216;Doctor Strange 2&#8217; \u2013 Deadline","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We have confirmed that tracking service NRG is eyeing a $175 million start for Disney\/Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 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