As they say, numbers don’t lie. And according to the world $330 million that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ shot in this weekend, the film is a sequel that understood the task!
According to Disney, the film earned $180 million from its global sales thanks to support in North America, for CNN. The opening was the highest-grossing November debut EVER. This means wakandan forever snatched that slot The Hunger Games: Catching Fire secured in 2013 with his $158 million debut. wakandan forever it’s just a few million short of the $202 million opening weekend of its first installment of 2018.
A blockbuster after several production challenges
The box office victory comes after the Marvel story faced significant challenges in its return to the big screen. Fans were concerned about how the creative team would handle the story after Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa and Black Panther in the 2018 film, passed away in 2020 from colon cancer. He was 43 years old.
Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, said Empire magazine in September that director and co-writer Ryan Coogler poured the reality of Chadwick’s passing onto the world of Wakanda.
“It seemed like it was too early to pitch again,” Feige said. “Stan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window. And we had talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastic as our character and our stories are, there is a human and relatable element to everything we do. The world is still processing the loss of Chad. And Ryan poured that into the story.”
this license plate in wakanda always being chadwick’s initials and birthday…i’ll cry pic.twitter.com/Y2j67nbTIc
— ًbee ✡︎ (@filmlamet) November 14, 2022
In the sequel, the Wakandans are processing the loss of King T’Challa, whose death is attributed to an unspecified illness. It serves almost as a tribute to the late actor. Co-star Lupita Nyong’o talked about filming wakandan forever without Bosemann.
“For us as a cast, losing our king, Chadwick Boseman, was a lot to process, and in many ways, we are still processing. When you love someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them. And, of course, we are very sorry to make this movie without him,” Lupita told the Hollywood Reporter in July. She added: “It was very therapeutic. It gave me back a sense of hope in doing it, and I think we’ve expanded the world of Wakanda in a way that will blow people’s minds, not just to Wakanda, but to the world of ‘Black Panther’.”
Social networks react to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The film went ahead despite reworking the script, managing Covid-19 restrictions and Letitia Wright’s fractured shoulder injury. in his interview, Lupita added that the continuation of two hours and forty minutes “blow people’s minds.”
Here’s what people on Twitter have already said about the $250 million production! In the meantime, wakandan forever remains at 84 percent in rotten tomatoes’ Tomatometer and an audience score of 95 percent.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with a black woman in the cast of a blockbuster superhero movie…Fucking amazing. Then to include an indigenous civilization with an actual indigenous actor in a mainstream blockbuster… Yeah… They raise the bar EVERY time.
—Minnie My (@MinnieTy5) November 13, 2022
wakanda always stands out for being a comic book movie and also just a movie.
its exploration of grief and its effects on those left behind is one of the most mature discussions the mcu has ever had.
It was wonderfully run by Ryan Coogler and his team. no notes. Really.— mal ✰ (@photonsmight) November 13, 2022
a truly impressive scene… some of the best acting the mcu has ever seen. #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/6QbNgxQqHo
— jarvis ᱬ vio bp2! (@jrvsscarlet) November 13, 2022
Wakanda Forever is about POC solidarity and violence against the oppressor and that’s why it’s the best Marvel movie of all time. https://t.co/CDmwiYgc5O
—Keshav Kant (@MxKantEven) November 12, 2022
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We have to give Angela Bassett flowers because she really broke down in this movie, she really gave the performance of the year, it has to be my favorite performance in Phase 4. #QueenRamonda #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/dTxOWIQcC9
— Jay🏹 HAS SEEN WAKANDA FOREVER (@Hawkmaestro21) November 14, 2022
Black Panther Wakanda Forever is a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to Chadwick and T’Challa.
The film is an emotional journey through the pain of the characters, the cast, the filmmakers, and the fans.
It is by far the deepest and most significant MCU movie to date. #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/Mp4nvCO1nO
—Luke (@LukePrime_) November 13, 2022
a god kidnapped a princess, gave her a dress, her mother’s bracelet, showed her his underwater kingdom. she proposed that they burn a world that has harmed her realms. she refuses, besting him in battle, and he immortalizes the fight in art. this is a FAIRY TALE. #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/wgg2tyXdLU
— ghost of dystopia ✨ (@thislilstangirl) November 13, 2022