Black Pantherstar Lupita Nyong’o took to Twitter to announce that she wasn’t even able to buy presale tickets for the upcoming movie. It was announced yesterday thatBlack Pantherhad broken theMarvel Cinematic Universe’s all-time recordfor the most presale tickets sold for a single day. The upcoming movie directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman is the first Marvel movie to be released in 2018 and will be the only Marvel movie shown beforeAvengers: Infinity Warhits theaters in May.Black Pantherhas been noted as one of the most anticipated movies of 2018, so it’s been a little hard scoring tickets to opening night, even for Lupita Nyong’o.
Lupita Nyong’o, who playsNakia, T’Challa’s undercover operative within the Dora Milaje, took to Twitter to tell her followers thatBlack Pantherpresale tickets had gone on sale on Monday night. However, in a follow-up video posted on Twitter, she said that when she went to purchase the presale tickets for herself, she wasn’t even able to. Nyong’o’s video shows a bunch of error messages and when she finally makes it in to purchase tickets, they’re all sold out. It’s the perfect problem for her movie to have.
No official box office tracking has been released forBlack Pantheryet, but current estimates have the movie bringing in around an impressive $85 million on opening weekend when the movie arrives on February 16th.Deadpoolcurrently holds the February record with $132.4 million from back in 2016, a feat that was a shock to nearly everybody. There’s a good chance thatBlack Panthercould take onCaptain America: Civil War’s $179 million, which would be quite the feat. The movie is tracking incredibly well and the recent announcement ofKendrick Lamar curating the soundtrackhas brought the excitement level up considerably.
Marvel is ruling the roost with themost anticipated movies of 2018includingAvengers: Infinity WarandBlack Panther, which will go on to set up 2019’sAvengers 4. It will be interesting to see howBlack Pantherconnects toInfinity Warafter seeing howThor: Ragnarokrevealed Thanos' giant spaceship. We’ll soon find out since February is just around the corner. We’ve already seen some of the battle on Wakanda in theInfinity Wartrailer and it all looks epic, just like the trailers forBlack Panther.
Black Pantheris Marvel Studios' first non-Caucasian-led movie, which makes it an important step for theMCU, and seeing it already start to sell out presale tickets is definitely something to take note of.Black Pantherhits theaters on February 16th, 2018 and it sounds like it’s a hard ticket to score for opening night, so you might want to wait for a Saturday showing unless you are one of the lucky few who was able to buy presale tickets. In the meantime, you can check out video of one of the movie’s stars trying to buy tickets below, courtesy ofLupita Nyong’o’s Twitteraccount.
