‘Black Panther’ again slays North American box office

Disney’ s “ Black Panther” sunk its claws into the top spot once again this weekend at the North American box office , taking an estimated $108 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Following a record- shattering opening weekend — raking in $242. 2 million — the frenzy to see the 18th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continued , bringing total earnings to an astronomical $400 million in just 10 days, according to tracker Exhibitor Relations .

Its global take is now more than $700 million. The film has yet to open in China or Japan .

It is only the fourth movie ever to make more than $100 million in its second weekend, joining “ Star Wars : The Force Awakens , ” “ Jurassic World ” and “ Marvel ’ s The Avengers , ” according to Disney, which owns Marvel Studios .

Directed by Ryan Coogler , “ Black Panther” features an almost entirely black cast led by Chadwick Boseman as the first non- white superhero to get his own standalone movie in the franchise.

Starring alongside the likes of Michael B Jordan , Lupita Nyong’ o and Daniel Kaluuya , Boseman plays the titular superhero also known as T’ Challa , king and protector of Wakanda, a technologically advanced, affluent , never -colonized utopia in Africa .

In at an anything-but -close second place was newly -released dark comedy “ Game Night, ” with $16. 6 million.

Featuring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams , the film follows a group of friends whose game night descends into a murder mystery .

Dropping one place into third was “ Peter Rabbit , ” based on Beatrix Potter ’ s classic children’ s book. Sony ’ s family -friendly offering brought in $12. 5 million in its third week in theaters.

Paramount’ s new science fantasy horror “ Annihilation ” was off to a weak start, debuting in fourth place at only $11 million.

Starring Natalie Portman , the film — based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer — tells the story of a team of military scientists who go into a quarantined zone known as “ The Shimmer . ”

Finally, in at fifth was “ Fifty Shades Freed ” — the last film in the trilogy based on the wildly successful novels by EL James — with takings of $6. 9 million.

Rounding out the top 10 were :

“ Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle ” ( $5. 65 million)
“ The 15:17 to Paris ” ( $3. 6 million)
“ The Greatest Showman ” ( $3. 4 million)
“ Every Day ” ( $3 million)
“ Early Man ” ( $1. 7 million)