Los Angeles April 8 (IANS) Ryan Coogler s "Black Panther" surpassed the collections of James Cameron s gigantic 1997 "Titanic" to rank as the third top-grossing title of all time at the US box office.
"Black Panther" featuring an all-black cast falls behind "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" ($936.7 million) and "Avatar" ($760.5 million) with a domestic total of $659.3 milion till Friday according to hollywoodreporter.com.
"Titanic" had finished at $659.5 million when it released in late 1997.
Globally "Black Panther" has grossed $1.29 billion ranking as the No 10 title of all time.
The Disney and Marvel superhero film stars Chadwick Boseman as T Challa/Black Panther alongside Lupita Nyong o Michael B. Jordan Danai Gurira Daniel Kaluuya Letitia Wright Winston Duke Angela Bassett Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis.
The story described as a tale of black power and black pride in addition to its superhero themes follows T Challa as he is sworn in as king of Wakanda a cloaked technologically advanced nation in Africa that is home to the exotic metal vibranium the source of Black Panther s powers.
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