After years in the making, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever finally hit the theatres last week and Marvel fans couldn’t wait to see it. This superhero flick easily soared to the top of the box office, with $330 million earned worldwide, scoring the second biggest opening of 2022 so far.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiered in the U.S. on November 11 and it didn’t take it long to top the box office, with $180 million earned domestically. Globally, it earned a total of $330 million, marking this the third-highest start for any Hollywood title during the pandemic era.
The premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was somewhat bittersweet for the fans of the franchise because it comes about two years after Chadwick Boseman’s shocking death.
Instead of casting another actor as King T’Challa, his sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) took over as Black Panther in Wakanda Forever, with Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, and Angela Bassett returning in their respective roles from the first film.
Wakanda Forever shows the people of Wakanda mourning the death of their king while also fighting the protect their home from intervening world powers. Tenoch Huerta takes on the role of the film’s main villain, with Dominique Thorne and Michaela Coel also joining the cast as newcomers to the MCU.
