Walt Disney Co.’s “Black Panther” is outpacing the advanced ticket sales of all other superhero films, according to online ticket retailer Fandango, owned by Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal. “Black Panther” tops 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” from Time Warner Inc.-owned Warner Bros., which opened with $166.0 million in box office receipts and went on to gross $873.6 million worldwide. “The buzz on ‘Black Panther’ is electric,” Fandango managing editor Erik Davis said in a statement. “Early screening audiences say it is one of Marvel’s best movies ever, and the positive word-of-mouth is helping drive the movie’s spectacular advance ticket sales.” Opening Feb. 16, “Black Panther” is expected to pull in $133.0 million in its opening weekend, according to forecasts from analysts at Box Office Pro. Shares of Disney are down 1.5% in the last 12 months, while the S&P 500 index is up more than 24% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average [s; DJIA] is up more than 31%.
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