Black Widow Earns Huge $80 Million Opening At Domestic Box Office This Weekend Darryn Bonthuys After a long wait and numerous delays, Disney's Black Widow came out swinging over the weekend and landed a gigantic $80 million opening at 4,160 screens across the North American box office. This figure blew past early predictions and the record set by F9: The Fast Saga, and international numbers were also positive as Black Widow made $78 million across the rest of the world, according to Box Office Mojo. The big surprise here was the total earned through Premier Access rentals on Disney's streaming platform, as Black Widow added another $60 million to its weekend haul. Streaming figures are usually kept secret by Disney, with the company having not yet revealed any data yet for its other big releases from this year that shared a cinematic and Premier Access release, Cruella and Raya and the Last Dragon. Disney claims that the combined theatrical and Disney+ Premier Access opening makes it the only film to reach and surpass the $100 million mark since the coronavirus pandemic began, and has the third-highest weekend for an origin story film in its franchise after Black Panther and Captain Marvel. With early reviews also being mostly positive, that word of mouth with an audience hungry for a new Marvel tentpole release helped Black Widow earn big at the box office. Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

After a long wait and numerous delays, Disney's Black Widow came out swinging over the weekend and landed a gigantic $80 million opening at 4,160 screens across the North American box office. This figure blew past early predictions and the record set by F9: The Fast Saga, and international numbers were also positive as Black Widow made $78 million across the rest of the world, according to Box Office Mojo.

The big surprise here was the total earned through Premier Access rentals on Disney's streaming platform, as Black Widow added another $60 million to its weekend haul. Streaming figures are usually kept secret by Disney, with the company having not yet revealed any data yet for its other big releases from this year that shared a cinematic and Premier Access release, Cruella and Raya and the Last Dragon.

Disney claims that the combined theatrical and Disney+ Premier Access opening makes it the only film to reach and surpass the $100 million mark since the coronavirus pandemic began, and has the third-highest weekend for an origin story film in its franchise after Black Panther and Captain Marvel. With early reviews also being mostly positive, that word of mouth with an audience hungry for a new Marvel tentpole release helped Black Widow earn big at the box office.

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