From the start, Marvel’s Black Panther movies have broken records and changed the face of superhero movies. Now, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been shattering another major milestone when it comes to female-led movies in the genre. According to the latest box office volumes, the MCU movie has become the highest grossing female-led superhero movie domestically, leaping past Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman and Black Widow to take the crown.

Following the death of Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had to undergo a lot of changes to its script in order to address the death of both the actor, and in unison, his on-screen character of T’Challa. This included the Black Panther sequel losing its male lead, and replacing him with Letitia Wright’s Shuri, who appears alongside Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o as the movie’s central character. By this change, the film’s success has seen it break a record that under other circumstances it would not have even been in contention to challenge.

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The latest figures from Box Office Mojo put Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s domestic gross at $431.5 million, which is just enough to topple Captain Marvel with its $426.8 million, and shuffle Wonder Woman ($412.8 million) and Black Widow (a pandemic impacted $183.65 million). It is unlikely that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will manage to overtake the pre-pandemic worldwide gross of Captain Marvel, but with so many contributing factors such as post-covid audience volumes and certain countries not releasing the movie, the box office achievement is still something to be celebrated.

Ryan Coogler Wants To See The Black Panther Franchise Continue For Many Years

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Ryan Coogler has been the driving force behind the Black Panther movies within the MCU. Despite the challenges faced by this year’s sequel, which have been compounded by the Covid pandemic delays and the death of Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has come out of it as a resounding success. For that reason, director Coogler would love to be able to continue his Black Panther journey as long as he is able. He previously said:

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is currently still playing in theaters worldwide, and will join the MCU library in 2023.

“I feel blessed that I have the opportunity to work on these movies, bro. When I got asked to do the first one, it was like a moving train. I thank God every day that I was able to jump on it and meet these people, these actors, and to meet Chadwick during some of the last years of his life. I’ll do it as long as folks will have me. But I think it’s bigger than just me or Joe. Between the first and second movie, we made $2 billion at the box office, which is what matters the most to corporations. So I hope that it continues, man. I hope people are still making movies about Wakanda long after we’re gone.”