"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" tops box office, brings in $330 million worldwide
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"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" jumped to the top of the box office this weekend after it opened with an estimated $180 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada.
According to the Associated Press, Disney said the highly-anticipated sequel had the second-biggest opening of the year behind "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and brought in an additional $150 million from 50 territories, bringing the global total to $330 million.
Wakanda Forever was seen as a tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman, as well as the continuation of the Black Panther series. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the movie takes viewers back to the African nation where it mourns Prince T'Challa – who was played by Boseman – and faces an existential threat in the form of Tenoch Huerta's Namor and his ocean-dwelling warriors.
