The film reached the milestone this weekend following its debut opening in China where it grossed about $20m in its opening night Friday, according to Variety.
Black Panther is the fifth Marvel movie to hit the $1b mark after The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War. It is also the 16th Disney movie to have grossed $1b at the box office, Variety reports.
In the US, the movie has grossed $521 million domestically, making it the ninth-highest release of all time. In its fourth weekend, Black Panther is heading for a $40 million-plus weekend, which would make it the number two superhero release of all time over The Dark Knight’s $535 million.
The movie, directed by Ryan Coogler stars Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther/T’Challa, the superpowered leader of the African nation of Wakanda. T’Challa returns home as the king of Wakanda but finds his sovereignty challenged by a new adversary, in a conflict with global consequences. The movie also stars Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright.
It opened in cinema in the US on 16th February 2018 but some selected Nigeria film houses debuted the movie on 14th February.
