Box Office Showdown (2/16-2/19) Black Panther, Early Man

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Originally Posted by MazeRunner

4..) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (SONY), 2,800 theaters (-336) / $1.87M Fri /3-day: $8.1M (-19%)/4-day: $10.6M /Total:$380.3M/ Wk 9

Guardians 2 has $389.8M domestic. Can Jumanji pass it? Or will it's early digital release (2 weeks from now) and blu release (4 weeks from now) stop it?

It's getting there, the big question for me is if it can pass the $403.7 million of Spider-Man 1 to become Sony's biggest movie of all time. I'm not as sure about the digital release, but yes the physical release will cut into box office, almost wish Sony delayed that like Fox did with Greatest Showman as it is great to see the amazing holds these films have had.

Also, with this opening, reviews, and A+ cinemascore, I think Black Panther could be #1 of the year domestically. One can never rule out the Star Wars franchise, but probably Infinity War and Fallen Kingdom are it's biggest competition. Yet I'm not sure either gets to $600 million since Age of Ultron fell way short of that, and franchise fatigue with another Jurassic Park movie after Jurassic World benefited from the long lay off and feeling more like an event.