How much money every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie made opening weekend, including reigning champion 'Black Panther'
- Marvel's "Black Panther" smashed box office records over the holiday weekend, becoming the highest grossing February release ever and the fifth best opening weekend all time.
- We ranked every movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe based on opening weekend box office (after adjusting for inflation).
Millions of people turned out for Marvel's latest film, "Black Panther," over the Presidents' Day weekend. The film broke box-office records, becoming the highest-grossing February release ever, and the fifth-best opening weekend of all time.
The success of "Black Panther" paves the way for other releases toward the beginning of the year, outside of the summer season that has been customary for blockbusters. Analysts believe the industry is moving toward a more balanced release calendar now that both "Black Panther" and "Deadpool" were February hits.
But the success of "Black Panther" is impressive compared to movies in any month.
Even next to other Marvel movies - like "The Avengers" and "Captain America: Civil War" - the success of "Black Panther" is quite significant. To compare just how significant, we've ranked every movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe based on opening weekend box office numbers. We excluded Marvel titles outside the MCU. (The numbers come from Box Office Mojo, and were then adjusted for inflation.)
In "Black Panther's" case, we ranked both its opening gross for the normal 3-day weekend, and its estimated 4-day gross for the Friday-Monday holiday weekend.
Below are the Marvel movies ranked, according to their opening weekend box office: