Black Panther Wakanda Forever (2022)
90%RT Audience Score: 94%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A poignant tribute that satisfyingly moves the franchise forward, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever marks an ambitious and emotionally rewarding triumph for the MCU.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever says a solemn goodbye to one of the MCU’s most beloved stars without skimping on the action.
Production Company(ies)
MARV, Marvel Studios, The Walt Disney Studios
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Disney+), Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Puerto Rico
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby, DTS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 41m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2022 Wide
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, Tenoch Huerta, Florence Kasumba, Martin Freeman, directed by Ryan Coogler, written by Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, action, adventure, fantasy, PG-13, Kevin Feige, Nate Moore, $367.5M box office, reviewed by Christy Lemire, Adam Kempenaar, Albert Samaha, Dwight Brown, Melanie McFarland, tt stern-enzi, Brandon Judell, Jonathan Sim, Frantz Jerome, Kimberly Reyes, Rubén Rosario, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, DTS, Scope (2.35:1), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye, Dora Milaje, War Dog Nakia, Everett Ross, intervening world powers, King T’Challa’s death, mourning, grief, vengeance, antihero, anti-villain, diversity, superhero sequel, emotional, poignant, triumphant, MCU, Black Panther, Wakanda Forever
Worldwide gross: $858,852,377
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $453,829,060
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend: $181,339,761
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $181,339,761
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 20
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $250,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $250,000,000
Production budget ranking: 31
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $134,625,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Angela Bassett – Ramonda
Lupita Nyong’o – Nakia
Tenoch Huerta – Namor
Danai Gurira – Okoye
Winston Duke – M’Baku
Director(s)
Ryan Coogler
Writer(s)
Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole
Producer(s)
Kevin Feige, Nate Moore
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (388) | Top Critics (79) | Fresh (325) | Rotten (63)
Kind of a mixed bag, but worth seeing if you liked the first one.
November 30, 2022
Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
The MCU’s mechanics are too oppressive to allow for true mournful meditation.
November 18, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/5
Adam Kempenaar
Filmspotting
TOP CRITIC
The first Black Panther… set a bar Wakanda Forever didn’t come close to matching. But taken on its own terms, as a superhero sequel tasked with serving an unusually wide range of needs, it stands as a different kind of accomplishment.
November 17, 2022
Albert Samaha
BuzzFeed News
TOP CRITIC
Wow! You’ll say that over and over again as this mind-blowing, superhero epic unfolds. Wow!
November 17, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Dwight Brown
DwightBrownInk.com
TOP CRITIC
Wakanda Forever may not be the perfect Marvel movie, but [it] prove its worthiness as a bridge – not merely between Phase 4 and Phase 5… but from the bleakness of loss to a stable place from which a new generation can move forward.
November 17, 2022
Melanie McFarland
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
The most unlikely Marvel film ever… they take these really small bites of grieving, and they can extend them and live in them, and still be able to tell an engaging action-oriented story.
November 16, 2022 | Rating: A
tt stern-enzi
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
TOP CRITIC
There is indeed a smattering of the character development. No doubt all abustle, some critics just understandably might’ve missed the transmogrifications. (Hint: Look for someone putting on a mask and another going all hue-y.)
December 2, 2022
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell (Medium)
It’s generally well-paced and features an excellent lead performance from Wright and an Oscar-worthy performance from Bassett. For a movie with a complicated hole to dig itself out of, this sequel rises victorious.
November 30, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Jonathan Sim
ComingSoon.net
This film, leading into phase five, makes it as symbolic as it is impactful. It expands the MCU’s diversity through sheer authenticity.
November 29, 2022
Frantz Jerome
Black Nerd Problems
Like the first Black Panther movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever asks us to consider why and when vengeance is futile, and what the difference is between an antihero and an anti villain.
November 29, 2022
Kimberly Reyes
Film Ireland Magazine
Not only is it a powerful tribute to a star whose screen presence could never be duplicated; it also points the way forward for Marvel, positing a future where the formula can be bent in directions that don’t always dutifully fill a mold…
November 29, 2022
Rubén Rosario
MiamiArtZine
Wakanda Forever is best as a love letter to a fallen friend, and as a kind of conduit for public grief.
November 29, 2022
Sarah Marrs
Lainey Gossip…
Plot
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje 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 and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Near the beginning of the movie when people are diving down in submersible diving suits, there is a reading called out of “Negative One PSI”. Such a thing would not exit when diving down when pressure increases. It would only happen if they were going up into higher atmospheres.
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