Advance ticket sales through Sunday for Disney-Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stand at $45M, about 20% behind Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness at the same point in time and 40% ahead of Thor: Love & Thunder.
Doctor Strange 2 before its domestic opening of $187.4M had $85M in advance sales, while Thor: Love & Thunder had banked $48M of its $144.1M domestic opening by its preview Thursday.
Before debuting to $202M over 3-days in February 2018, Black Panther had $55M in advance tickets. Don’t get obsessed about the percent behind or ahead of advance ticket sales.
Look at the leg out opening factor there on the first Black Panther. Plus, the sequel has so much heat, expect walk-up business.
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