Renowned film and television review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website has named Marvel's Black Panther, the best-wide release of 2018. Since its release back in February, the film has seen major success and high praise, grossing a billion dollars worldwide with a 97 percent approval rating on site.
Weaving the tale of T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) as he struggled to fulfill his obligations as King of Wakanda, Black Panther has broken records since its release - not only becoming the highest-grossing film directed by an African American, but cracking the top ten highest grossing films of all time. Seen by many as the dawn of the superhero cinema and cinema as a whole, but also garnered the approval of some film critics who have been less than enthusiastic about the superhero genre.
While Black Panther's success continues to create a great buzz into the awards season, Rotten Tomatoes has released the title of the best film release of 2018. The Golden Tomatoes Awards minimum of six hundred theaters - a feat Black Panther has no trouble achieving, considering that the film opened in 48 different territories outside the United States and Canada.
The Best Wide Release category includes other films that found success in 2018, with the second, third, and fourth place runner-ups being Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Spike Lee's BlacKkansman, and Marvel's animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider -Verse. None, however, could match critical claims and box office domination that Black Panther received. The award comes days after Black Panther failed to secure any trophies at the 75th annual Golden Globes - much to the chagrin of fans, who felt that Black Panther deserved substantial award recognition for its achievements.
As of now, it's probably too early to assume Black Panther's season won't receive its due. Most recently, the film landed a Best Adapted Screen nomination by the Writer 's Guild of America, as well as a Best Picture nomination by the Producer' s Guild of America. These acknowledgments increase the film's potential Oscars, and give the success that Black Panther has seen over the past year, there's every reason to believe that this is just the year that a Marvel movie hits the ultimate high by bagging an Oscar or two . But, as it is great as awards are, perhaps the greatest treat for Black Panther fans will come when the much anticipated sequel finally hits theaters.
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