Black panther 2 breaks records at the box office much to everyone’s surprise. This female-led superhero movie has surpassed its contemporaries, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman at the box office.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has become the highest-grossing female superhero movie ever. Marvel has been seeing good profits with their female superhero plotlines.
Black Panther 2 Break Records
The domestic earnings of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has surpassed Captain Marvel’s earnings of $426.8 million, Wonder Woman’s earnings of $412.8 million, and Black Widow’s earnings of $183.65 million. The domestic earnings of Black Panther 2 currently stand at $431.5 million.
Black Panther 2 sees Wakandans banding together with Everett Ross and Nakia to have a better kingdom. Queen Ramonda, M’Baku, Okoye, Shuri, and Dora Milaje fight as an elite group of warriors to protect their world after King T’Challa’s demise.
Even after running for more than four weeks in the theatres, the movie seems to be doing well for itself. The holiday season only seemed to boost the box office numbers for the movie. Black Panther 2 has been closely competing with Avatar: The Way of Water in the theatres.
Black Panther 2 has been predicted to fall a little short of Doctor Strange 2’s $955 million. The movie reportedly earned a revenue of $799.5 million on Christmas. The original Black Panther movie allegedly collected $100 million in China in 2018 which in turn made a $1.3 billion worldwide gross contribution. However, China has been reported to have banned Black Panther 2 owing to ‘specific themes’. There are conjectures of it affecting China’s profit, owing to China having a large population.
Six of the highest-grossing films have come from Marvel Studios. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever makes it onto that list after Avengers and Aquaman. Black Panther 2 is being celebrated as a post-COVID-19 success after the hit that the entertainment industry took during the pandemic. The movie is also said to be a good nominee for the multiple Oscars category.
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