Black Panther Crushes Ticket Pre-Sales--Most Ever For A Marvel Movie!

We’re excited for Black Panther—and apparently, so is everyone else! When tickets went on sale over a month in advance of its release, comic-book fans went into a frenzy and snapped up admission vouchers like crazy.

Fandango stated that the first 24 hours of ticket presales for the film were the largest ever for a Marvel movie. The record was previously held by 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. So for sure, Black Panther is set to have a huge debut at the box office. It’s in theaters on February 16, 2018.

The excitement around the superpowered King of Wakanda undeniable. As we reported, Kendrick Lamar just debuted his new song as part of the film’s latest TV spot and folks lost their minds. The first trailer was viewed 89 million times in its first 24 hours—the comments were off the charts. What’s more, year-end data presented by Twitter showed that Black Panther was the ninth most tweeted about film of 2017.

Fandango also reported results from a user survey, saying Black Panther was 2018’s second most-anticipated movie (behind Avengers: Infinity War) and that star Chadwick Boseman was the most-anticipated standalone comic book movie hero.

“It’s clear that Black Panther is unlike any movie we’ve seen before: the lush Afro-futurism, the majority-black cast, the epic political intrigue,” says Slashfilm.com

Whatever the case, it’s hard to know exactly what to expect, until we can see it for ourselves. Even the director seems to have a hard time deciding exactly how to describe it!

“I think it’s a bit of an espionage thriller. I think it’s a little bit of a family drama,” Coogler said in an interview with Fandango. “He’s dealing with the loss of his father, so similar to any film that deals with royalty, you have a family element and you have a political side, too. It works as a political drama as well.”

Wow. That’s a lot to take in!

What about you, fam? Will you see Black Panther on opening weekend? Tell us! #BlackPanther