In a surprise to absolutely no one, Black Panther continues to dominate the box office in its second weekend. The Marvel Studios film opened way above expectations, scoring the fifth-highest opening weekend ever and the second-highest for a Marvel Studios movie behind Marvel’s The Avengers. In its first week, however, the film began outpacing The Avengers, and indeed things are looking way, way up as Black Panther scored an estimated $28.8 million on Friday, on track for an estimated three-day weekend of $104 million.

Black Panther has already surpassed the worldwide grosses of MCU movies Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, and its domestic total—in just two weeks of release, mind you—is higher than Thor: Ragnarok’s entire domestic run of $314 million. Ragnarok went on to gross $853.5 million worldwide, so it’ll be incredibly interesting to see where Black Panther ends up—$1 billion feels like lowballing it.

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Image via Marvel Studios

As for this second weekend performance, given Black Panther’s tendency to break records, here are the Top 5 second weekend grosses ever:

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $149,202,860

2. Jurassic World - $106,588,440

3. Marvel’s The Avengers - $103,052,274

4. Beauty and the Beast (2017) - $90,426,717

5. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $77,746,929

Besting Age of Ultron seems like a given at this point, at the very least, but can it leap ahead of Jurassic World to take the #2 spot? We’ll find out, but keep in mind that Sunday estimates last weekend were low, so it may be Monday before we get a complete read on this weekend’s performance.

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Image via Paramount Pictures and Skydance

But Black Panther isn’t the only movie in theaters right now. Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland’s ambitious sci-fi adaptation Annihilation opened to $3.8 million, which isn’t terribly surprising. The film has been hailed by critics as a sci-fi masterpiece, but most have agreed that this is not exactly an easy commercial play. Indeed, the movie netted a C CinemaScore (which is higher than some were predicting), but if you’re a cinephile, odds are you’re going to enjoy the hell out of this thought-provoking thriller. Kudos to Paramount Pictures for having the gall to greenlight films as bold as this and last year’s mother!, even if audiences don’t always respond.

The studio has already offset a lot of its costs, however, as it struck a deal to distribute Annihilation on Netflix internationally. So if you’re in the U.S., this opportunity to see this movie in a bona fide theater is a rarity. Take advantage of it!

On the flip side, the action-comedy Game Night is both a critical and commercial hit. The second directorial effort from Vacation filmmakers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein—who co-wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming and are currently in negotiations to direct Flashpoint for DC/Warner Bros.—scored an impressive $5.6 million on Friday. This thing should have legs as it’s a crowdpleaser through and through, and I can attest it’s pretty much the perfect date movie. It’s tons of fun, thrilling, and really funny with a fantastic ensemble cast. As a bonus, it’s genuinely cinematic, which is a rarity in the comedy genre. As evidenced by its B+ CinemaScore, audiences came away satisfied.

We’ll have a better idea of just how high Black Panther will climb tomorrow so check back then for weekend estimates. For now, the top Friday estimates are below.

Rank

Title

Friday

Total

1.

Black Panther

$28,858,000

$320,812,422

2.

Game Night

$5,600,000

$5,600,000

3.

Annihilation

$3,860,000

$3,860,000

4.

Peter Rabbit

$2,845,000

$61,590,702

5.

Fifty Shades Freed

$2,300,000

$84,945,780

 

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Image via Warner Bros.