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Panther: Ava Adaption and Disney Phenomenon

panther: The Marvel and Disney phenomenon crossed the US 1 billion mark worldwide this weekend and became the 7th highest grossing domestic release with US 562 million, according to CTV. Not accounting for inflation, it's now passed The Dark Knight. Black Panther took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with US 41.1 million according to studio estimates Sunday, leaving another newcomer in its wake. With a marketplace still dominated by Black Panther, Disney faced some stiff competition from its own studio in launching Ava DuVernay's adaption of A Wrinkle in Time, which opened in second place with US 33.3 million from 3,980 locations. In gauging A Wrinkle in Time's long-term prospects, a somewhat similar comparison could be Disney's Tomorrowland, a PG-rated sci-fi pic with middling reviews and a B Cinema Score which opened to 33 million in the early summer of 2015 and went on to gross 93 million domestically. The PG-rated film, which cost around US 103 million to produce and stars Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, received mixed reviews from critics it's currently at a rotten 44 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes and audiences who gave it a B Cinema Score. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.