Mes: agosto 2019

NEW YORK — “Black Panther” broke a record when it became the first movie this decade to top the box office for five weekends in a row, but the Marvel hit was finally unseated after six weekends as the top film at the North American box office. The monsters vs. robots science-fiction sequel “Pacific Rim: Uprising” dethroned the superhero sensation with $28 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the result for “Pacific Rim: Uprising,” a Universal Pictures-Legendary Entertainment release that cost $150 million to make, was soft — at least domestically. Like the recently released “Tomb Raider,” its biggest business was in China. “Pacific Rim: Uprising” debuted there with $65 million for Legendary, which the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group acquired in 2016. And even though “Black Panther” slid to second place with $16.7 million in its sixth weekend, Ryan Coogler’s film notched another box-office milestone. It’s now the highest-grossing superhero film ever in North America, not accounting for inflation. The film’s $631 million in domestic ticket sales has surpassed the $623 million of 2012′s “The Avengers.” ″Black Panther” also becomes the fifth highest grossing film of all-time, rising above “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” In February, senior media analyst for comScore Paul Dergarabedian talked about the global success of “Black Panther,” saying, “Whatever your projections for ‘Black Panther’ might be, just increase...