The movie which was directed by Ryan Coogler, finished the weekend with $665.4 million in North American totals, surpassing 1997's Titanic ($659.4) to enter the rarefied air of the top-three of all-time grossing movies at the domestic box office.
Black Panther, which started showing about two months ago, took in $8.8 million to finish in fourth for the domestic weekend totals, enough to beat out the 1997 James Cameron blockbuster, which co-starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, by a total of $6 million on the all-time list.
Leading the way on the exclusive list are Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million) and Avatar ($760.5 million).
The raw numbers did not take inflation into account, as $1 in December of 1997 was worth about $1.54 in February of 2018, according to the Consumer Price Index's Inflation Calculator.
According to , adjusted totals taking inflation into account put Titanic as the fifth-biggest grossing movie, with Black Panther coming in 34th.
Titanic, which took home Best Picture at the 1998 Oscars, leads the Marvel-Disney blockbuster on an international scale by a score of $2.2 billion to $1.3 billion.
Black Panther stands at $1.29 billion worldwide.
