| raulbalarezo said: Studios get more money from domestic box office; that said Black Panther will probably have a 50/50 split domestic and overseas and will pass 1Billion worldwide it still have China to come |
Yes, I'm aware that in the US usually the studio keeps 50% of the revenue, while international markets normally hover around 40% (with China being an outlier, around 25%). Even with that in mind, it's necessary to include all the box office in such performance analyses, because films can have limited appeal outside of the US or the opposite. Titanic, second best BO of all time, had like 70% of his money from international audiences.
Anyway, I think your estimate is mostly on track. Black Panther is only lagging a bit internationally because it has not released in key markets yet. Its performance has being incredible.
The funny thing is that Black Panther was basically a C-level Marvel character. But Marvel has show that they can get characters that no one knows (Dr. Strange, Ant-man, Guardians of the Galaxy) and still get a huge box office. It's rare for the MCU to have a real bad film. Even their worst efforts like Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 are watchable. Since the quality is good, anything with Marvel on its name is guaranteed success at this point.
