One of the main dishes of Marvel Studios’ presentation at San Diego Comic-Con was the release of the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, the long-awaited sequel to the 2018 hit. Expectations were high for several reasons. mainly the unknown of how the film would have dealt with the death of Chadwick Boseman and, on the other hand, The addition of Namor to the Marvel Cinematic Universeplayed by Mexican Tenoch Huerta.
And it shows that there was desire, because the Ryan Coogler-directed film devastated internet reproductions with its epic teaser, which was greeted with emotion and enthusiasm by fans of Marvel and Wakanda. As confirmed by Variety, the trailer managed to accumulate 172 million views in the first 24 hoursbecoming so one of the most viewed trailers in the Marvel Universe on its first day.
With that figure, “Wakanda Forever” Almost double the views of the first ‘Black Panther’ trailer, which got 88 million in 2017, but is far from the 355.5 million views of the first trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Nor does it beat “Thor: Love and Thunder”, which has collected 209 films this year, or the four “Avengers” films. However, it tops the trailer list for a single Marvel Universe franchise on its first day.
Whether those numbers will translate into another global blockbuster remains to be seen. The first “Black Panther” was a box office phenomenon, especially in the United States, where it grossed $ 700 million. Globally, the film with Chadwick Boseman amassed a whopping 1.346 million, positioning it as the sixth highest-grossing installment of Marvel Studios, just below the four “Avengers” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be released in theaters on 11 November.
Who will succeed T’Challa?
One of the most talked about moments in the trailer is the final plan in which we see the new or the new Black Panther, who will pick up T’Challa’s baton after his death. For now we don’t know the identity of the person behind the black mask, but since filming began, everyone has pointed to Shuri, T’Challa’s sister, as the number one candidate.
During Comic-Con, MTV directly asked the actress who plays Shuri, Letitia Wright, if she is the new Black Panther. Her reaction, of course, was to be crazy: “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but on November 11 you buy the ticket”.
Source: E Cartelera
