BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Roars To $330 Million For Second Biggest Opening Of 2022

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Roars To $330 Million For Second Biggest Opening Of 2022

Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has taken in $330 million over the past few days, giving the movie the second-biggest global opening behind another Marvel Studios sequel, Doctor Strange 2.

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By MarkCassidy - Nov 13, 2022 02:11 PM EST

Wakanda Forever!

Marvel Studios' Black Panther sequel began is global rollout this past Friday (earlier in some international locations), and while the movie is not expected to reach those initial $365 million estimates, it's still off to a very strong start at the box office.

Ryan Coogler's emotional MCU adventure currently sits at $330 million worldwide after taking in $180 million in North America and $150 million overseas.

This gives the film the second-highest opening of the year behind fellow MCU sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It also unseats 2013's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire for the biggest November debut of all time, and its $150M international haul gives it the 5th highest international opening weekend of the pandemic era.

The movie's domestic taking have already eclipsed the $151M Black Adam has amassed after four weeks in theaters.

Though reviews have been (mostly) positive, Wakanda Forever hasn't quite struck the same chord with critics as its Academy Award-nominated predecessor, and currently sits at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Have you been to see Black Panther: Wakanda Forever yet? If so, be sure to let us know what you thought of the movie in the comments section (you can check out our review here).

In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and Alex Livanalli.

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DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2022, 2:48 PM
So, within the +/- 10% error margin of the earlier projected 365 mil.

Consistency in success rubs certain people the wrong way, I suppose.
MILESSPIDERMAN
MILESSPIDERMAN - 11/14/2022, 10:38 AM
@DrReedRichards - Got an A. will have better legs than thor 4 and ds2. if the batman and thor 4 are hits. This will be too
PantherKing
PantherKing - 11/13/2022, 2:50 PM
The black panther lives!!!
PantherKing
PantherKing - 11/13/2022, 2:50 PM
Favorite line of the movie- “You bald headed demon”
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2022, 2:52 PM
@PantherKing -

"Where is her treacherous husband, but in a place where she can visit him whenever she so chooses? Mine is with the Anceestors!"

Lady Basset was an absolute beast in this one.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 11/13/2022, 2:54 PM
@DrReedRichards - That was a powerful line. She definitely deserves an Oscar nomination for that.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/13/2022, 3:50 PM
@DrReedRichards - Angela Bassett murdered every scene she was in. She was definitely a queen with each line she delivered.
elcapitan
elcapitan - 11/13/2022, 3:57 PM
@PantherKing - As good as Angela Bassett’s performance was, it pales next to Viola Davis in The Woman King
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 11/13/2022, 4:01 PM
@elcapitan -


Well one is a lead and the other is a supporting actress.💁
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/13/2022, 4:02 PM
@elcapitan - given that one was a lead and the other supporting, thankfully they won't compete come Oscar time!

Though the Oscar's kinda suck anyway - IMO at least.
The1st
The1st - 11/13/2022, 5:03 PM
@PantherKing - Yeah, I thought that was just the usual fanboy talk until I saw the film. Man did Angela fully own the Ramonda role in this 2nd film.
The1st
The1st - 11/13/2022, 5:19 PM
@PantherKing - The Black Panther is dead. Long live the Black Panther!
cerrone6
cerrone6 - 11/13/2022, 6:18 PM
@elcapitan - Please my fellow fan please do not compare these 2 queens who bring these excellence of A game when delivering there parts.
We are blessed to have then both.
clarksupermankent
clarksupermankent - 11/13/2022, 10:11 PM
@cerrone6 - we're they both equally good though? If one is objectively better than shouldn't they be compared? Honestly just curious.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 11/14/2022, 12:34 AM
@DrReedRichards - I think it's likely a safe bet everyone would unanimously vote Basset as the stand out of this film. She channeled such grace and sophistication in the way she displayed her various stages of grief all the way up till her end, which was very similar to how Thors mom died protecting Jane from the Dark Elf invasion.

Sadly, I didn't feel her funeral as hard as I maybe should have because we had just been to T'Challas. And I found it odd they chose to end the movie only focusing on T'Challa when she literally JUST lost her mom. I understand it was to honor the real world death of Chad, but in the context of the emotions Shuri just went through, why isn't she remembering her mom, brother and even father as she's burning her funeral outfit?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/13/2022, 2:51 PM
Saw it again on Friday... I think it's every bit as good as the first. Shuri's scenes with M'Baku were probably my favorite moments.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 11/13/2022, 3:11 PM
Just saw it again last night around 10:45pm. I think im Wakanda'd out for now! lol Had a great time and the energy was just as great as the first showing.

Each showing I attended, you could feel respect in the room whenever those really big emotional scenes hit.

I really want to see Namor in an Invaders flashback with Cap! There's so many things they can do with his character now.

Also LOVED how some scenes didn't rely on the music in the background. Added more depth to the fight sequences.

Surprisingly I still don't know what to rate this film! lol I just know that I really enjoyed it.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/13/2022, 3:14 PM
One thing I think Coogler did really well was the music... or to be specific, the lack of music. His choice of silence only enhanced the dramatic moments. I really wish more directors would learn this.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2022, 3:26 PM
@Itwasme -

I honestly was expecting a more somber, minor tone of the usual Marvel Studios fanfare, and the Chadwick exclusive footage was certainly a given, but my God, the absolute silence during that intro made it hit infinitely harder than any melancholic rendition ever could.

Huge props to the audiences too. Over here they were (unexpectedly) respectful, and I can only imagine that it was similar overseas.
StSteven
StSteven - 11/13/2022, 9:06 PM
@DrReedRichards - "Minor tone"? I smell a fellow musician 😊. Also, I have a feeling that the music (or as has ben mentioned, lack of) alone is going to make me get all weepy in this movie. I'm a sucker for well placed music in a movie, whether it be uplifting or depressing. Hell, every time I watch "Office Space" that scene where they're beating the shit out of that fax machine in the field to the tune of "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" I get all jazzed up and want to take a baseball bat to all the computer hardware in my home office that drives me nuts on a regular basis ("PC Load letter? What the f**k does that mean?!?").
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/13/2022, 9:17 PM
@StSteven -

Hardly a professional musician, but I do dabble in the keys from time to time. I'm just a sucker for soundtracks and revamps of previously established tunes in new unexpected genres. It's why I love symphonic folk metal.
KingGrimlock
KingGrimlock - 11/14/2022, 12:04 AM
@StSteven - that’s not the song that’s playing during that scene. The song is “Still” by the Geto Boys.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/14/2022, 4:27 AM
@Itwasme - you can thank the god Ludwig lol
StSteven
StSteven - 11/14/2022, 1:29 PM
@KingGrimlock - Well slap my ass and call me "Shirley" you are correct sir. "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta" is the song that will be playing in my head when I suddenly decide that I don't give a shit about my job anymore. Wait- is that what I'm hearing right now? Sure is. Oh and look at how merry the squirrels are outside my window 😉. I guess that's why you are the King, Your Highness.

(Nice avatar, BTW. Me, StSteven, approve!).
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