Answer: Black Panther with $700 million in ticket sales

Questions:

• How many of the top-10 movies did you see in 2018?
• How many did you watch at the theater? on a streaming service?
• How do you decide which movies to watch while in the theaters or on a streaming service?
• Despite the fact that streaming services are becoming increasingly popular, ticket sales at movie theaters hit a record high in 2018. Why do you think this is the case? 

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Behind the numbers (MarketWatch):

The first mainstream superhero movie fronted by an almost entirely black cast earned more than $700 million at the U.S. box office as of Dec. 10, according to Box Office Mojo, the leading online box-office report and a service of IMDbPro. It’s clawed more than $1.3 billion worldwide. The Disney and Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira roared into theaters by making a record-breaking $241.96 million in North America over its four-day opening weekend beginning Feb. 16; the biggest February movie of all time, and the highest-grossing film by a black director.

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