Could A Wrinkle in Time dethrone Disney-Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther from the top spot at the box office? Potentially. It looks like the time-travel fantasy is the logical candidate to do so in three weeks, during the March 9-11 weekend. Black Panther could take in as much as $100 million during the upcoming weekend (Feb. 23-25) and it is likely to continue to lead during the March 2-4 timeframe. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence’s Red Sparrow is pegged to open in the $18 million-$25 million range for Fox, while MGM’s Death Wish should come in with $15 million-$20 million. According to Variety, initial tracking for the opening weekend gross for A Wrinkle in Time shows a range of $34 million-$37 million, which is hardly a blockbuster number at the moment, but those figures can change significantly by the time the film opens. Black Panther will eventually have to start slowing down its record-breaking pace, and that, paired with the fact that many schools start their spring breaks the same weekend as Wrinkle in Time opens, means Disney may be able to flex its marketing muscle and elevate the film to more than its current tracking level. A Wrinkle in Time is based on the below children’s book by the same name. It stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mindy Kaling. It follows a group of children as they travel through time and visit strange worlds in order to find their missing father. Black Panther has taken in an astounding $263.1 million in its first five days in North America.
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