Summary 'Black Panther' sunk its claws into top spot once again this weekend at the N American box office.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Disney s "Black Panther" sunk its claws into the top spot once again this weekend at the North American box office, taking an estimated $108 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Following a record-shattering opening weekend -- raking in $242.2 million -- the frenzy to see the 18th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continued, bringing total earnings to an astronomical $400 million in just 10 days, according to tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Its global take is now more than $700 million. The film has yet to open in China or Japan.
It is only the fourth movie ever to make more than $100 million in its second weekend, joining "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Jurassic World" and "Marvel s The Avengers," according to Disney, which owns Marvel Studios.
Directed by Ryan Coogler, "Black Panther" features an almost entirely black cast led by Chadwick Boseman as the first non-white superhero to get his own standalone movie in the franchise.
Starring alongside the likes of Michael B Jordan, Lupita Nyong o and Daniel Kaluuya, Boseman plays the titular superhero also known as T Challa, king and protector of Wakanda, a technologically advanced, affluent, never-colonized utopia in Africa.
In at an anything-but-close second place was newly-released dark comedy "Game Night," with $16.6 million.
Featuring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, the film follows a group of friends whose game night descends into a murder mystery.
Dropping one place into third was "Peter Rabbit," based on Beatrix Potter s classic children s book. Sony s family-friendly offering brought in $12.5 million in its third week in theaters.
Paramount s new science fantasy horror "Annihilation" was off to a weak start, debuting in fourth place at only $11 million.
Starring Natalie Portman, the film -- based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer -- tells the story of a team of military scientists who go into a quarantined zone known as "The Shimmer."
Finally, in at fifth was "Fifty Shades Freed" -- the last film in the trilogy based on the wildly successful novels by EL James -- with takings of $6.9 million.
