Black Panther definitely does not have a huge following. Probably second only to gotg in terms of obscure characters marvel has made movies for. Or third, ant man might be less well known and popular.
I think the movie opened big for 3 reasons. It’s just marvel being marvel and infinity war hype is reaching fever pitch.
It is a black hero, with a black cast and we’ve not seen that before. Even people like me were excited for something different. In the States entire theatres were bought out so black kids could watch it. It became a cultural phenomenon.
The reviews were exceptionally strong. Like really, really strong. If it had weak reviews I would’ve skipped it. I hate seeing characters I love butchered on the big screen. Instead it’s getting universal praise and has some of the best audience scores of any superhero movie.
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