“Black Panther” is on its way to becoming the first film in eight years to take No. 1 at the box office for five straight weekends, as it made $7.5 million on its fifth Friday in theaters.
With this result, “Black Panther” is on pace for a estimated $27 million weekend, which would put its domestic total over $600 million and put it in position to pass both “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “The Avengers” next week, making it the highest grossing superhero movie on the domestic charts.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros./MGM’s “Tomb Raider” led all films on Friday with $9 million from 3,854 screens, but is expected to finish second with an estimated $22-23 million.