Black Panther
“Long live the king.”
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Genres
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Studio
Marvel Studios
Language
en
Status
Released
How Black Panther performed
Budget
$200.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.3B
Gross Profit
$1.1B
Return
6.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$180M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
T'Challa / Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman
T'Challa / Black Panther
Erik Killmonger
Michael B. Jordan
Erik Killmonger
Nakia
Lupita Nyong'o
Nakia
Okoye
Danai Gurira
Okoye
Everett K. Ross
Martin Freeman
Everett K. Ross
W'Kabi
Daniel Kaluuya
W'Kabi
Shuri
Letitia Wright
Shuri
M'Baku
Winston Duke
M'Baku
N'Jobu
Sterling K. Brown
N'Jobu
Ramonda
Angela Bassett
Ramonda
Zuri
Forest Whitaker
Zuri
Ulysses Klaue
Andy Serkis
Ulysses Klaue
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