Early projections for Black Panther's opening weekend ranged from $80–170 million,[200][224] with rival film studios projecting the total to be as high as $180–200 million;[202] Disney projected the gross to be around $150 million.[200] It ultimately earned $75.8 million on its opening day (including $25.2 million from Thursday night previews), and $242.1 million over the four-day Presidents' Day weekend.[194] This was the best Presidents' Day weekend opening,[225] and the best opening weekend for a black director and predominantly black cast.[226] For AMC Theatres, Black Panther became the highest-grossing film ever at 33 locations,[227] and had the biggest opening weekend for 150 of them. Overall, this was the second-largest opening weekend ever for the chain with 4.4 million admissions. Atom Tickets sold more tickets for Black Panther than any other superhero film.[228] Anthony D'Alessandro of Deadline Hollywood described the success as "summer box office records during the second month of the year".[194]