‘Black Panther’ Lands An A+ Opening Weekend CinemaScore

Marvel’s Black Panther has finally debuted in theaters, and based on its official CinemaScore grade, it sure looks like audiences are in love with Ryan Coogler’s superhero film that introduces audiences into the world of Wakanda.

CinemaScore has announced that the official grade from polled moviegoers is an A+, which is the highest grade a film can receive.

On its official website, CinemaScore is described as the industry leader in measuring movie appeal among theatre audiences. And with Black Panther receiving an A+, Marvel has yet another A+ on their CinemaScore report card since the film is the first to receive this grade since The Avengers in 2012.

This goes to show that with overwhelmingly positive word of mouth, Black Panther is about to break numerous records at the box office and is already becoming a cultural phenomenon in its opening weekend.

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The film stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Andy Serkis and John Kani.

Black Panther follows T’Challa who, after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,” returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T’Challa’s mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.

Black Panther is in theaters now.

Source: CinemaScore