Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-29908830-20180315090201

Well world, I’ve finally seen Black Panther. And I LOVED it. This is easily the best Phase 3 movie for me, and #4 on my MCU list. Seriously, go see it.

KalKent wrote: With 'Black Panther' already breaking a billion worldwide, it will be interesting to see how both that and 'Infinity War' will do financially this year, specifically when compared to other movies. Obviously 'Infinity War' will make more money than 'Black Panther' in some form, but I can't really think of what movie could potentially challenge both of them financially (other than some Disney ones 'Mary Poppins Returns' and 'Incredibles 2', and potentially also 'Jurassic World 2'). The only other times when a Marvel movie was the highest-grossing movie of their year, was 2012 with 'Avengers 1' and 2016 with 'Captain America: Civil War'.

Marvel has 2018 in the bag. And they really should have won 2013 also (*sigh* Frozen...). They weren’t going to win the other years though: 2014 was too experimental, and 2015 and 2017 were main series Star Wars years. As for which MCU film, I’m hoping Infinity War at least beats The Force Awakens overall, but given its track record I wouldn’t be surprised if Black Panther ends up beating it.