Marvel Studios’ latest superhero blockbuster Black Panther has continued its stellar theatrical run by cracking the all-time top ten at the worldwide box office. The Ryan Coogler-directed, Chadwick Boseman-headlined solo movie has amassed $1.279 billion since its release in February, taking tenth place in the all time chart ahead of Disney’s Frozen on $1.277 billion. […]
The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]
Interview – Marvel’s Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter at WonderCon
Ruth E. Carter has worked in the film industry for over three decades as a costume designer, with more than forty films on her resume. She has garnered two Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad as well as an Emmy nomination for the reboot of Roots. […]
Pacific Rim Uprising opens to $150.5 million worldwide, Black Panther finally toppled in North America
T’Challa has finally been dethroned at the North American box office as Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising knocked Black Panther down to second place, taking top spot with $28 million domestically, and a worldwide opening weekend of $150.5 million. Uprising, the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, grossed $122.5 million, including a […]
Steven Spielberg praises Marvel’s Black Panther and its cultural significance
Marvel has scored a huge success this year with Black Panther. Not only has it proven to be a enormous hit at the box office, striking a chord with filmgoers to the tune of over $1.2 billion worldwide (not to mention topping the domestic haul of The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of […]
Black Panther overtakes The Avengers to become highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the U.S.
It may lose top spot at the North American box office this weekend to Pacific Rim Uprising, but it’s celebration time for Disney and Marvel Studios as Black Panther has officially overtaken 2012’s The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the United States. By close of play on Saturday, the […]
Black Panther topples Star Wars to become most-tweeted about movie of all time
Having tore up the box office with just shy of $1.2 billion worldwide, Marvel’s Black Panther has now topped Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi to become the most-tweeted about movie of all time. According to Twitter, Black Panther has been mentioned over 35 million times in total, with popular […]
Black Panther closing in on $1.2 billion worldwide, will turn a bigger profit than Age of Ultron and Civil War
For the fifth straight weekend, Marvel’s Black Panther has held firm at the top of the domestic box office, adding a further $27 million to push its North American haul to $605.4 million. The Ryan Coogler-directed superhero blockbuster is the seventh film to pass $600 million domestically after Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($619 million), […]
What Will Constitute Success and Failure for Avengers: Infinity War?
Samuel Brace on Avengers: Infinity War… Avengers: Infinity War has an unenviable task ahead of it. On one hand it has a decade of marketing behind it and will undoubtedly reap a huge sum once it makes its long awaited bow at the box office; on the other, the metric for success regarding this Marvel […]
Pacific Rim Uprising tracking suggests it will dethrone Black Panther
Seeking to do what Red Sparrow, A Wrinkle in Time, and Tomb Raider have all failed to achieve, Pacific Rim Uprising is released next week hoping that it can take the box-office crown from Marvel’s all-conquering Black Panther. Variety is reporting that the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s underwhelming 2013 monster vs robots smackdown is […]
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