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Black Panther was the first Marvel characters whose movie rights reverted back to Marvel. Artisan Entertainment and Columbia Pictures previously owned the character. Marvel got the rights back in 2005.
Black Panther is the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have its opening weekend domestic box office surpass its production cost. It cost $200 million to make, and its Thursday night, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday opening weekend domestic box office was $202 million. Black Panther is the highest grossing non-Avengers film in the MCU and 9th highest-grossing film of all time.
Black Panther (2018) is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to gross $1 billion worldwide, following The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron(2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). It's the only one of the five not to feature Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
The filmmakers cite the crime drama A Prophet (2009), the 1970s films of Francis Ford Coppola and the James Bond films as an influence on the story, describing it as "a big, operatic family drama centered on a world of crime and international espionage."
Despite being released 2 years after Captain America: Civil War (2016) (which marked Black Panther's first appearance in the MCU), the events of this film take place a week after the events of that film.
Ryan Coogler insisted on bringing in collaborators from his previous films to put his own stamp on the film and differentiate it from other MCU films that he felt were "shot, composed, and edited by the same house people." Coogler brought in cinematographer Rachel Morrison, production designer Hannah Beachler, and composer Ludwig Göransson, who all worked with him on Fruitvale Station (2013). Frequent collaborator Michael B. Jordan was also cast in the film as the main villain, Erikk Killmonger.
Director Ryan Coogler brought in consultants who are experts on African history and politics to work on defining Wakanda: "There are many African countries, each with different histories, mythologies, and cultures. There are several tribes who live amongst each other and together they make the identity of their country. We honed in on some of the history/cultural influences from African countries and then made estimations."
"Wakanda" was not a Marvel invention. In the first Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), a large group of tribespeople are referred to as "the Wakandans."
T'Chaka and T'Challa are speaking in Xhosa, which is the South African dialect that was used for Wakandan. Celebrated South African actor John Kani, who portrays King T'Chaka, used his native accent when he appeared in Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Chadwick Boseman picked it up from him as well.
Part of the film is set in Oakland, California, where Ryan Coogler grew up. It was also the setting for his first feature length movie, Fruitvale Station (2013).
The fighting in this film is based on African martial arts. The filmmakers also cited the action scenes in Creed (2015) and the Kingsman films as an influence on the style.
The Dora Milaje (female warriors guarding the king) were cast from a pool of actresses, stunt women and Broadway dancers, so that each individual Dora could have specialized skills that they brought to the table. The process of finding these women was so long and difficult that people in the casting department humorously dubbed the search "Finding Dora." The actresses who played the Dora Milaje had to agree to shave their heads.
The continuous shot shows the expansiveness of the mine and the symbolism of the Underground Railroad, which was designed to resemble heart valves for their fight for the heart of Wakanda.
The filmmakers created a unique culture for each of the Wakandan tribes, to get a sense of the country being a mix of different tribes:
- The Golden Tribe (the royal family) uses a motif of black and a continental symbol for the sun found throughout Africa. They also have panther-themed designs.
- The Border Tribe was inspired by Lesotho architecture and language. The tribe's symbol is the Lesotho word for "horsemen." Their motif is blue (a national Lesotho color) and wood. They use rhino-themed weapons: attack rhinos, shields and horn-shaped blades. They frequently wear Basotho blankets (the Basotho are the majority in Lesotho).
- The River Tribe was inspired by the Surma and Mursi of Ethiopia, Nilotic peoples who hail from the River Nile. Their motif is green and shells. They wear crocodile skins and leather.
- The Mining Tribe was inspired by the Himba and Maasai of southern Africa. Their motif is red and orange. They wear lion-themed designs.
- The Merchant Tribe was inspired by the Tuareg of the Sahara. Their motif is purple.
- The Jabari Tribe was inspired by the Bari, Igbo, and Dogon of western Africans, shamanistic naturalist tribes. They wear fur and wood to honor their sacred animal, the gorilla.
Erik Killmonger is based on his version in the comics, a Wakandan exile who seeks to overthrow his country, but incorporates elements of T'Shan, T'Challa's envious cousin, and the White Wolf, a relative of the Black Panther who becomes a villainous extremist and wears a Black Panther-styled habit.
The cities with War Dogs loyal to Killmonger are the same ones with Sanctum Sanctorums in Doctor Strange (2016).
The first superhero or comic book movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. (It should be noted, however, that it's believed that the Academy changed their Best Picture nominees from 5 to 5-10 after The Dark Knight (2008), a superhero film, and Wall-E (2008) were snubbed at the 2009 Academy Awards).
The first comic book/superhero film in 40 years-- since the original Superman (1978)-- to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score. In fact, "Superman" and "Black Panther" are the only two comic book/superhero films to be nominated in this category, with the latter being the first to receive the award.
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