13 Huge Movies That Black Panther Destroyed At The Box Office
8. Skyfall
Box Office: $1.108 billion.
To date, Skyfall is the only Bond film to join the billion-dollar club, marking a franchise high-point that, honestly, could easily remain unmatched for many years to come.
Even following the fairly unremarkable Quantum of Solace, the combination of Daniel Craig's appealing performance, Roger Deakins' insane cinematography, some of the series' best reviews and a globe-hopping plot tailor-made for international audiences conspired to give Skyfall an epic box office boost.
And yet, even the might of James Bond couldn't keep T'Challa at bay. It's an especially interesting comparison considering how much Black Panther seems like a Bond movie at times - the South Korea sequence in particular - which perhaps suggests that, as much as audiences love Bond, a more contemporary spin on the series' tropes is what audiences are truly craving. Black Bond, when?