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Posted: 2018-02-18T19:56:59Z | Updated: 2018-02-19T19:10:51Z

The king of Wakanda roared into theaters.

Black Panther has grossed an estimated $192 million at movie box offices, including Thursday night early showings, surpassing the opening weekend numbers of all other Marvel films except for the first Avengers. The figure also gives Black Panther the fifth highest opening weekend gross of all time.

The films total take over the Presidents Day weekend is expected to be around $218 million, eclipsing the films $200 million budget.

As 3-day weekend totals go for Marvel films, The Avengers made $207.44 million in 2012, Avengers: Age of Ultron followed that with $191.27 million in 2015, and Captain America: Civil War grossed $179.14 million in 2016.

Black Panther is a big-budget superhero film helmed by an African American director Ryan Coogler, who also co-wrote the script. It also features a nearly all black cast, including Lupita Nyongo, Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya and Chadwick Boseman as TChalla, aka Black Panther.

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Historically, this isnt something were used to seeing out of Hollywood. But you cant argue with these numbers. Or the glowing reviews from critics .