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 Chadwick Boseman in a scene from Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" CREDIT: MATT KENNEDY


 "Black Panther" scored one of the best second weekends ever with an estimated $108 million in US ticket sales, and $83.8 million internationally, putting it on track to rank among the highest-grossing blockbusters ever.

Ryan Coogler's Marvel sensation is on a box-office course that few films have managed, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It is only the fourth film to earn $100 million in its secon

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In his new movies, the actor is portraying two very different superheroes.

Chadwick Boseman’s rising star will reach its zenith come February. That’s when “Black Panther” hits theaters, taking the 40-year-old actor from Marvel bit player ― first introduced in last year’s “Captain America: Civil War” ― to full-blown exemplar. No pressure: He’s only bringing the first black superhero in mainstream comics to the big screen. No pressure at all.

In the meantime, Boseman has suited up to po

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All hail the king. Marvel’s Black Panther has a new trailer.

The footage dropped Monday morning for the Feb. 9 movie, starring Chadwick Boseman as the Wakandan king, trying to defend his technological utopia while factions battle within.

Director and co-writer Ryan Coogler has assembled a feast for the eyes, featuring visionary imagery of a kingdom that is a century ahead of our own time, thanks to their ingenuity and stores of Vibranium, the rare element that comprises Captain America’s sh

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Marvel has only had a trailer out for its Black Panther film for one weekend and already the backlash has been severe.

The poster features Chadwick Boseman posing in costume as the titular Black Panther, the king of a fictional African nation, seated on his throne and looking powerful.

However, several critics compared it to a famous picture of Huey P. Newton, who was the co-founder of the Panther Party, a figure who in the 1960s was seen as extreme and “militant.” In the picture, Newt

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