Black Panther film: 'Game-changing' movie takes $1bn

Marvel's superhero film Black Panther has taken more than a billion US dollars at cinemas worldwide. It is the fifth movie based in Disney's Marvel Universe to hit the milestone. 

The film stars Chadwick Boseman as the crime-fighting ruler of Wakanda, a fictional African nation with the most advanced technology on earth. Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Jordan and Daniel Kaluuya played key roles, with The Hobbit star Martin Freeman as CIA agent Everett Ross.

The film has been widely praised as game-changing including Michelle Obama for having a largely black cast and a black director, Ryan Coogler.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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