‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Nears $392 Million at the Domestic Box Office

The domestic box office is witnessing a calm before the storm as holdover hit Black Panther: Wakanda Forever eyes a fourth weekend at the number one spot, but with muted numbers. The runway is now all clear for Avatar: The Way of Water to land on December 16. With $4.4 million on its fourth Friday, Wakanda Forever is eying a $15 million weekend.

A follow-up to director Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster 2018 film, Wakanda Forever has a high benchmark for success. The first film made $700 million in the U.S. alone, and finished its global run with an astounding $1.3 billion. Wakanda Forever should be in the clear just as long as it outperforms the two other Marvel Cinematic Universe releases of 2022 — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder .

Coming in at the number two spot is Universal’s Christmas-themed action-comedy Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring David Harbour as a Viking-like Santa Claus. The film made $4.8 million on Friday for an estimated opening weekend of just under $12 million. Violent Night is playing at over 3,600 theaters nationwide, and cost approximately $20 million to produce. The B+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences should bode well for its prospects through the holiday season.

The fourth and fifth spots will be claimed by Searchlight’s black comedy The Menu, and Sony’s expensive action-war film Devotion. Directed by Succession’s Mark Mylod, The Menu made $1 million on its third Friday, and is looking at a $3.6 million weekend, which should take its running domestic total to just under $25 million. The $90 million Devotion, on the other hand, is significantly underperforming with an estimated $2.

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