By Ben Miller
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ruled the weekend box office with a $181 million opening. Believe it or not, that's second-best on the year to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Marvel knows how to make money. The second Black Panther entry arrived to good reviews (84% on Rotten Tomatoes) and zero counterprogramming. It also added another $150 million internationally. The film is expected to be the number two grossing film of the year in a few weeks (behind Top Gun: Maverick).
| Weekend Box Office (actuals) November 11th-13th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER |
 TRIANGLE OF SADNESS |
| 1 🔺 BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER $181.3 *NEW* | 1 ★ TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (sweden/uk) $250k (cum. $3.5) 184 screens |
| 2 BLACK ADAM $8 (cum. $150.6) | 2 ★ DECISION TO LEAVE (south korea) $202k (cum. $1.5) 134 screens |
| 3 ★ TICKET TO PARADISE $5.9 (cum. $56.3) | 3 🔺★ THE FABELMANS $161k *NEW* 4 screens |
| 4 LYLE LYLE CROCODILE $3.3 (cum. $36.5) | 4 🔺 ★ AFTERSUN $140k (cum. $535k) 92 screens |
| 5 SMILE $2.3 (cum. $102.7) | 5 🔺 YASHODA $137k *NEW* 1 screen |
| 6 PREY FOR THE DEVIL $1.9 (cum. $16.9) |
6 ★ RRR $10k (cum. $11.5) 1 screen |
 THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN |
 RRR |
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7 ★ THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN $1.6 (cum. $5.7) |
7 THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER... (doc) $8k (cum. $81k) 33 screens |
| 8 ONE PIECE FILM: RED $1.4 (cum. $12.8) |
8 🔺 SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS (doc) $6k (cum. $15k) 7 screens |
| 9 ★ TILL $607k (cum. $8) | 9 ALL THAT BREATHES (doc) $5k (cum. $32k) 3 screens |
| 10 ★ ARMAGEDDON TIME $368k (cum. $1.6) | 10 🔺★ UTAMA (Bolivia) $4k (cum. $28k) 3 screen |
| Only 10 movies are currently in wide release | 11 BRAINWASHED (doc) $2k 5 screens (cum. $20k) |
On the limited side, only Steven Spielberg tried to take on the Marvel machine, and it turned out pretty well. His autobiographical film The Fabelmans only played on four screens but still managed over $160k. The per theater average matches Wakanda Forever with over $40k.
The MCU is expected to dominated again next weekend. The acclaimed She Said releases wide as well as some platforming limited releases like The Menu, The Inspection, and Bones and All.
What did you see this weekend? Though I didn't see Wakanda Forever, I was able to take in the aforementioned Bones and All, while also finally catching up to Triangle of Sadness.