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Chicago Sun-Times
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Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press Film Writer

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ scores one of the year’s biggest movie openings

Danai Gurira stars as Okoye in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” (Marvel Studios)

The box office roared back to life this weekend with the long-awaited release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

The Marvel sequel earned $180 million in ticket sales from more than 4,396 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to estimates from The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday, making it the second biggest opening of the year behind “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Overseas, it brought in an additional $150 million from 50 territories, bringing its worldwide total to $330 million.

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