As Marvel Studios gears up to launch Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this month’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the concluding chapter of Phase Four his Disney+ this past week, with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever setting records for the streamer.
The Ryan Coogler-directed film, which is also fresh off its five Academy Award nominations (including Best Supporting Actress for Angela Bassett), became Marvel Studios’ most watched film premiere on Disney+, based on hours streamed globally in its first five days.
The news comes direct from Disney, who doesn’t provide any specifics on said viewing figures. However, its interesting to note that as well as being the most-watched debut, Wakanda Forever also has the longest theatrical-to-streaming window of any of Marvel’s films since the launch of Disney+ at 82 days. That’s almost double the 47-day window for Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness., and something perhaps that Disney and Marvel may take into account for future theatrical releases?
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is streaming now on Disney+, while the behind-the-scenes special Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premieres on February 8th.
In Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever reunites Ryan Coogler with his Black Panther stars Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Florence Kasumba (Ayo), Angela Bassett (Ramonda) and Martin Freeman (Everett Ross), while new additions include Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart, Tenoch Huerta as Namor, Michaela Coel as Aneka, Mabel Cadena as Namora and Alex Livanalli as Attuma.
