Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has a record opening for November

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“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever“The main challenge was to continue “Black Panther,” One of the biggest movies ever made, and it had to do without star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020.

Despite all the challenges, “Wakanda Forever” They had a huge opening at the box office this weekend. The Marvel movie opened for $180 million in North America, according to Disney’s movie studio.

The opening marks one of the best premieres of the year and makes the superhero movie the first-ever November debut. The original record belonged to “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” which grossed $158 million in November 2013. The box office sales came where most Hollywood would expect.

Achieve the movie $330 million worldwide so far.

It’s no surprise why “Wakanda Forever” did so well this weekend.

The movie, which stars Letitia Wright and Angela Bassett as the princess and queen of the African country of Wakanda, comes from Marvel Studios – the highest-grossing brand in all of Hollywood – and is a sequel to one of the most iconic films of all time. .

When Black Panther hit cinemas in February 2018, it opened for a fantastic $202 million weekend. It then went on to gross $1.3 billion worldwide and earned multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The movie is considered one of the best in the comic book category and one of the best Marvel movies.

It’s also possible that audiences bought a ticket to “Wakanda Forever” to see how film and director Ryan Coogler would deal with Boseman’s death. In an interview with Empire magazine in September, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said it “felt too early” to re-enact the late actor. Bosman died at the age of 43 of colon cancer.

As for the critical reception, he achieved “Wakanda Forever” It has a score of 84% on the review site Rotten Tomatoes. The audience also gave the movie an “A” on CinemaScore.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had a high degree of difficulty, dealing with the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman,” Brian Lowry, CNN media critic, said. Wrote in his review. “For the film to be able to awaken this bleak chord and still serve as Marvel-style entertainment is quite an achievement.”

The film’s strong opening comes just in time for theaters and Disney.

For theaters, the industry has needed mass production to help boost the numbers since it has been difficult to find new blockbuster films in recent months.

As for Disney, the media giant’s shares plunged 13% Wednesday After the company reported a loss of $1.4 billion in its broadcast business in the last quarterdespite its growing subscriber base.

The debut of “Wakanda Forever” is unlikely to affect Disney stock because investors remain heavily focused on the company’s livestream endeavors. But the strong performance at the box office helps Disney end a bad week in a big way.

It could also help build momentum for theaters with another potential Disney movie on the horizon next month: “Avatar: The Way of Water.”