‘Black Panther’ passes $500M at the domestic box office in its third weekend

Black Panther has made over half a billion dollars in North America after just its third weekend. Once again, the Ryan Coogler-directed film beat estimates with $66.7M this weekend. That brings its domestic total to $502.1M.

This is the third best third weekend any movie has ever had. Black Panther only trails Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($90.2M) and Avatar ($68.5M) in that respect. If it continues its habit if beating projections, Black Panther could wind up in second place with an official total above Avatar.