"Black Panther" has now earned $665,355,740 domestically, making it the third highest grossing movie of all-time. Hot damn. It surpassed "Titanic" this weekend, which earned $600,788,188. However, if you count the receipts for "Titanic 3D," released in 2012, the overall domestic gross for James Cameron's classic is actually $659,353,944.
Nevertheless, inflation should count here. As Jeff Wells over at HE has stated, "The 2018 dollar is 52.8% higher than the 1998 dollar. $100 in 1998 is equivalent to $152.76 in 2018, and so Titanic‘s initial haul of $600,788,188 translates into $917,735,286 by current monetary standards." That makes more sense to me, especially since I remember "Titanic" being a much more intense movie phenomenon amongst audiences than "Black Panther," which is on course to hit the $700M mark.
Wells goes on to say that "Titanic‘s worldwide earnings (including the 2012 3D re-release) are at $2,187,463,944 — i.e., roughly $2.2 billion, and at least 90% of that was earned in ’98. Right now Black Panther‘s worldwide tally is at $1.3 billion, or $1,2999,855,740."
Adjusted for inflation, 1939's "Gone with the Wind" is still the box-office king, with receipts that near the $1.85B mark. "Black Panther" only makes it to number 34 on the inflation list.
Here’s THR with the “exclusive.” Universal Pictures, which holds rights to Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk” everywhere outside North America, appears to be reconsidering whether to release it.