“Pacific Rim Uprising” debuts at #1 on the US weekend box office chart. In doing so, it seizes the throne from “Black Panther,” which had spent the past five weekends on top.<\/p>\n
This week’s box office report is not, however, without some very good (historic, in fact) news for the latter film.<\/p>\n
Per studio estimates, “Pacific Rim Uprising” will close the weekend with $28.0 million in receipts. While the tally trails the $37.3 million figure posted by the 2013 original, it is enough for a convincing #1 debut.<\/p>\n
“Black Panther” added $16.7 million to its haul this weekend. While the figure is only enough for #2 on this weekend’s chart, it helps “Black Panther” reach an impressive milestone.<\/p>\n
With the $16.7 million included, “Black Panther” boasts $630.9 million in total US earnings. That figure tops the $623.4 million achieved by “Marvel’s The Avengers” and establishes “Black Panther” as the highest-grossing superhero film of all-time.<\/p>\n
“Black Panther,” moreover, takes #5 on the overall leaderboard. Only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($936.7 million), “Avatar” ($760.5 million), “Titanic” ($659.4 million) and “Jurassic World” ($652.3 million) earned more.<\/p>\n
Before its run is over, “Black Panther” may end up moving past “Jurassic World” and “Titanic.”<\/p>\n
As for this weekend’s box office, “I Can Only Imagine” holds at #3. The film added $13.8 million to its haul, which trails last weekend’s debut mark by a mere 19%. The “I Can Only Imagine” cumulative mark now stands at $38.3 million.<\/p>\n
“Sherlock Gnomes” debuts at #4 with a disappointing $10.6 million, while “Tomb Raider” falls three spots to #2 with $10.4 million (cume now $41.7 million).<\/p>\n
— Other debuts this week included “Paul, Apostle Of Christ,” “Midnight Sun,” and “Unsane.”<\/p>\n
“Paul,” which earned $5.0 million from just under 1500 screens, takes #8 on the weekend chart.<\/p>\n
“Midnight Sun” starts at #10 with $4.1 million, while “Unsane” grabs #11 thanks to an opening weekend haul of $3.9 million.<\/p>\n
Save for “Pacific Rim Uprising” (and perhaps “Paul” due to the lower-profile nature of its release), the newcomers all rank as disappointing performers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week’s box office chart brings good news for “Pacific Rim Uprising” and “Black Panther.”","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[10445,10690,10642,10725,10728,10727,3958,10729,10726],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n