Black Panther becomes highest-grossing superhero movie in the US. Box office results show that the film has earned a record-breaking total of $630.9m so far, taking it to No 5 on the all-time US list.Black Panther has overtaken The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero film at the US box office, taking a total of $630.9m (£443.5m) on its sixth weekend of release. The Avengers also a Marvel production finished on $623.4m in its home market in 2012.The record-breaking result, in which Black Panther added an estimated $16.6m to its previous week’s total of $614.3m, came as it was dethroned from its five-week run has the box office No 1, having been overtaken by monster movie Pacific Rim: Uprising, which managed $28m on its debut.Black Panther's legacy: will the record breaker finally smash Hollywood bias?Black Panther, which has been widely lauded for its diversity as well as its commercial appeal, has overtaken both The Avengers and Star Wars: The Last Jedi to move to No 5 on the all-time list at the US box office.
From Harlem to Peckham, the Black Panther Challenge has blossomed into a worldwide celebration of race, identity and empowerment.Black Panther is proving to be more than just a hashtag trend: it is a film of considerable cultural significance for black communities around the world. So high in fact, that it inspired Frederick Joseph, a marketing consultant and activist from New York to set up a GoFundMe campaign called 'Help Children See Black Panther'.“[Black Panther] is something that is not only wrapped in blackness but is also layered and nuanced. It has aspects of feminism, of black non-toxic masculinity, of loss, of pain, of various black existences and that’s something very important for our kids to see.
Anouka Jade a British actor said I think the film will be an inspiration to so many and I’m especially excited about showing young black people that they can be the hero too, she said.A superhero movie with black actors and that has a great female presence is something I couldn’t even imagine dreaming about seeing when I was younger. Anouka says. “It’s great to see a superhero film that has black people at the front of it. That doesn’t happen that often. And I think it’s going to be just really inspiring for some young people to see themselves reflected on screen.The blowout success of Black Panther is a genuine triumph for pop culture, social progress and onscreen representation. It helps that it's a powerful movie that operates as both a universal story and a demographically specific narrative while operating as a personal statement the film with a nearly all-black cast powerfully that could help make the film a game-changer for black cinema and diversity behind the camera for years to come.
The film has proven once again that not only do diverse audiences want diverse stories but that movies and television show that feature people of colour often perform better across all racial groups than predominantly white stories.it rather embraces black identity with its setting in the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda, which has not been colonized.What makes it so groundbreaking is that you have characters who are proud of their heritage.The weird fear that a predominantly African American cast couldn’t open a film has just been blasted out of the water, once and for all.Black actors have been traditionally assigned roles that are not as a representative of the full scope of their talent.Black Panther showed the fluidity of black actors and what they can do. The story itself deals with the history of people of colour on this planet, he said. The reason it’s a cultural phenomenon is it’s fresh, it’s new. It’s something that nobody has seen.”
After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king and as Black Panther gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. Black Panther is played by Chadwick Boseman. He is known for portraying Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in getting on Up, Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall. Chadwick plays the lead role in the first major avenger's all-black movie. Songs have been created by famous black singers such as Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and Sza.