Tag: Black Panther
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Avatar & Black Panther’s Depictions of Indigenous Cultures Compared
Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, two of the season’s hottest ticket franchise blockbusters, each utilize the conflict between indigenous cultures and their colonizers as a source of thematic and engaging storytelling. However, the stories of both Wakanda and Pandora depict vastly different expressions of how indigenous…
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‘Black Panther 2’ Tops the Box Office Without Major Challengers, But a TV Show Takes the #3 Slot
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Disney) fell 63 percent on its second weekend to dominate weekend box office with 67.3 million, representing nearly two thirds of the 101 million total. That’s a better hold than the two most recent Marvel releases.“Wakanda Forever” now has a 10-day domestic total of 288 million (546 million worldwide), which is…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Claws Up Another 66 Million In Marvel’s Smallest Second Weekend Drop Of 2022
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is on a pretty solid box office run for Marvel Studios, starting with a 180 million opening weekend. That placed as the second-most successful opening weekend this year, right behind its Marvel Cinematic Universe sibling, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” How well the “Black Panther” sequel will do in this long…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ending Explained
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows that moving on to the next chapter can be a chapter in and of itself. Taking the graceful story from the first film and building on it in unexpected ways, this feels like the story director Ryan Coogler was always…
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Danai Gurira Brought A Walking Dead Mindset To Her Fights In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Spoilers ahead for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.””Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is a beautiful testament to the love that both fans and the people behind the film have for the late Chadwick Boseman and his work as T’Challa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We, the audience, grieve along with the characters and the actors. But that…
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Black Panther 2: Angela Bassett Initially Objected to Queen Ramonda’s Story
Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is currently dominating the worldwide box office, with audiences showing up for Ryan Coogler’s sequel to the era-defining Black Panther (2018) to see the future of Wakanda without its king, T’Challa – and to pay tribute to the man who…
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M’Baku Actor Winston Duke Split His Pants Wrestling Chadwick Boseman For His Black Panther Audition
When Winston Duke’s character M’Baku first appears onscreen in the original “Black Panther” movie, he’s there to challenge T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman) for the throne of Wakanda. A fight ensues, with M’Baku wielding his formidable club against T’Challa’s spear and shield until the weapons fall aside and the men are left engaging in kicks, head…
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Riri’s Suits: Everything You Need to Know
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Between the rise of Talokan and Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), the U.S.’ search for vibranium, and Shuri (Letitia Wright) becoming the new Black Panther, there’s a lot to unpack in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. However, the movie also finds time to introduce a new heroine,…
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Box Office: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Claws Up 84 Million Opening Day
Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is reigning over the box office.The superhero sequel earned 84 million from 4,396 locations on its opening day. That figures includes 28 million in Thursday previews, marking the 15th-highest preview gross in history and besting the first “Black Panther’s” figure by 3 million. It’s also the second biggest opening day…
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Namor’s Powers in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Explained
In the decade since its inception, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has brought a number of powerful comics characters to life on the big screen – their most recent being Tenoch Huerta Mejía’s embodiment of Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Joining the ranks of other god-like powered beings such as Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, known throughout…