The week after its opening weekend was also strong, with a record-setting Tuesday and Thursday earnings,[229][230] becoming the MCU film with the highest first-week gross.[231] It also surpassed $300 million in eight days, becoming the fastest MCU film to do so.[230] In its second weekend, the film earned $112 million, which was a 45 percent decrease from its opening week, the smallest decline in a second weekend for any MCU film. It was the second-best second weekend ever, and the best second weekend for a Marvel film beating The Avengers ($103 million).[232] Black Panther also became the highest-grossing film released in February, surpassing The Passion of the Christ (2004) ($370.3 million).[233]