'Black Panther' Blows Past 'Red Sparrow,' 'Death Wish' With $60M-Plus

'Red Sparrow' stars Jennifer Lawrence, while Bruce Willis leads the cast of the 'Death Wish' remake; at the specialty box office, best picture nominees hope for a final burst before Sunday's show.

Disney and Marvel's blockbuster Black Panther continues to own the North American box office, where it's on course to earn $60 million-plus and score the third biggest weekend of all time behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($90.2 million) and Avatar ($68.5 million).

On Friday, the superhero film took in $16.3 million from 4,084 theaters for a domestic total of $451.7 million. The Hollywood Reporter said Black Pantherwill pass up Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459 million) to become the second biggest Marvel title of all time domestically behind The Avengers ($623 million), not adjusted for inflation.

Two new films open this weekend in an R-rated action showdown — Jennifer Lawrence's Red Sparrow and Bruce Willis' Death Wish remake.

From Fox and Chernin Entertainment, Red Sparrow is flying past Death Wish after earning $6 million on Friday from 3,056 theaters for a projected $17 million-plus weekend. The action thriller reunites Lawrence with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence.