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Marvel movie 'Black Panther,' which boasts a stellar 98 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, begins rolling out in North American theaters Thursday night.

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00:00Disney and Marvel Studios' Black Panther is set to make history at the

00:08President's Day box office. The critically acclaimed superhero film begins rolling

00:12out Thursday night in North America on the eve of President's Day weekend.

00:16If tracking is correct, the film will take in $165 million plus over the long

00:22weekend in North America, making it the top showing ever for both the holiday

00:26and the month of February. Deadpool currently holds the record, bringing in

00:30$152.2 million over President's Day weekend in 2016. Black Panther could also land

00:37one of the top five or six domestic openings ever for a superhero film, not

00:42accounting for inflation. The movie, directed by Ryan Coogler, is unprecedented

00:46in being a big-budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all-black cast. It

00:52stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa slash Black Panther alongside Lupita Nyong'o,

00:57Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett,

01:03Forrest Whitaker and Andy Serkis. When Black Panther first came on tracking two

01:08weeks ago, market leader NRG predicted a domestic opening of $125 million. By

01:14last week, that number shot up to $150 million plus. And on Tuesday, it was

01:20revised upwards to $165 million plus. Meanwhile, the film has already taken off

01:25overseas with the promising $23.2 million from its first foreign markets. It opened

01:31in the U.K., Taiwan and Hong Kong on Tuesday, followed by 14 additional markets on

01:37Wednesday. So far, it's pacing ahead of fellow Marvel movies Doctor Strange, Ant-Man

01:42and Guardians of the Galaxy in most markets. The critically acclaimed movie currently

01:47boasts a stellar 97 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, the best of any title in the

01:52Marvel Cinematic Universe or the rival DC Extended Universe. All right, but right now,

01:57I want to hear from you guys. How excited are you to see Black Panther when it comes out

02:01in theaters? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. For The Hollywood Reporter News,

02:06I'm Neha Joy.

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