First Trailer Propels Black Panther To Top Of Social Media Chart
Even though its first trailer wasn't released until Friday night, Marvel's Black Panther still [...]
Spider-Man: Homecoming Comes In Second
After being the king of social media buzz the previous week, generating 175,000 new conversations in the wake of new domestic and international trailers and posters, Spider-Man: Homecoming came in second-place last week. It generated around 88,000 new conversations as Marvel and Sony put out some new footage and there was some headlining grabbing "news" about Zendaya's character.
Meanwhile, Cars 3 took third, generating 45,000 new conversations; Transformers: The Last Knight came in fourth with 21,000 new conversations; and Star Wars: The Last Jedi grabbed fifth-place, producing 13,000 new conversations.
Either way, Walt Disney Studios has to be quite pleased today, as four of the five most-talked about films on social media belong to them. WOW!
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After the events of Marvel's Captain America: Civil War, King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanadan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
The film stars Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up), Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Lupita Nyong'o (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead), Martin Freeman (Sherlock), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), with Angela Bassett (American Horror Story), with Forest Whitaker (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), and Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron).
Additional cast members include Letitia Wright (Urban Hymn), Winston Duke (Modern Family), Florence Kasumba (Emerald City), Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson) and John Kani (Coriolanus).
Ryan Coogler directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joe Robert Cole.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is in theaters now. Spider-Man: Homecoming lands on July 7, 2017, followed by Thor: Ragnarok on November 3, 2017. After that Black Panther debuts on February 16, 2018, while Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on May 4, 2018. Ant-Man and the Wasp is slated for July 6, 2018, followed by Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019.
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