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'Black Panther' Breaks Thursday Previews Record for a Non-Sequel


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With Marvel's Black Panther one of the most anticipated movies of all time, box office records are expected to break this weekend. And the movie has already managed one significant feat. Disney reports the MCU installment kicked off its opening last night with $25.2 million. That's Marvel's second-best showing for Thursday night previews, and technically it's a new peak for a non-sequel debut.  The extra bit of change after the decimal point is key, because it means Black Panther sold slightly more tickets than Captain America: Civil War, in which the former's eponymous African superhero made his movie introduction. The only Marvel movie to out-gross Black Panther in Thursday previews is Avengers: Age of Ultron...
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