Out of all the Marvel movies to come out, from the Avengers to X-Men, one movie has stood out among the rest. Black Panther could become a part of the movie industry’s “billion dollar club” after destroying box office records with a staggering $241.9 million during its opening weekend. The story of this sharp-clawed superhero became the top-grossing film in history to have a black director and mostly black cast by passing “Straight Outta Compton,” which gathered $214 million in its entirety in theatres. The demand to see the movie was so high that during the movie’s opening weekend it was sold out from Friday until Monday.

However, the numbers that were set only applied to the U.S. income from the box office. Black Panther may be one of the first movies with an almost full black cast and director to be a part of the “billion dollar club” when it collected around $704 million world wide within the first 12 days of its release by playing in over 60 countries. This is very surprising to fans all over the movie community when it is compared to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movie that collected $773 million over 5 months in 2014.

Greg Foster, the entertainment chief for Imax, said “the movie has such a huge and loyal fan-base that people are even going to see it more than once, which is huge for a film to be considered successful.”

Black Panther’s all-star cast includes Chadwick Boseman, famous for his role as Jackie Robinson in 42 in 2013, plays protagonist T’Challa who returns to his home in Wakanda to take the throne as king after his father is killed. Also, Michael B. Jordan, who is famous for his role in 2015’s Creed as Adonis Johnson, plays Erik Killmonger who seeks revenge for the death of his father and whose main goal is to kill T’Challa.

Senior and frequent moviegoer Kevin Bartley said, “I loved the fight scenes in the movie and especially the final fight between Killmonger and Black Panther.”

Recently, Black Panther has grossed $897.7 million in the box office and has become Marvel’s second highest grossing film to date. However, the fan-favorite flick was not in the running for any Oscar nominations due to the rules stating that the movie must debut between January 1^st and December 31^st of 2017 and it just recently came out on January 16^th of this year which means it is eligible for Oscar nominations in 2019. In conclusion, Black Panther is one of the most successful movies to come out in years and is paving the way for a year of great movie releases.