Black Panther film: 'Game-changing' movie takes $1bnMarvel's superhero film Black Panther has taken more than a billion US dollars (£794m) at cinemas worldwide. The film stars Chadwick Boseman as the crime-fighting ruler of Wakanda, a fictional African nation with the most advanced technology on earth. The film has been widely praised as game-changing - including by Michelle Obama - for having a largely black cast and a black director, Ryan Coogler. In terms of Black Panther, no studio can say again, 'Oh, black movies don't travel, overseas interest will be minimal.'" Patty Jenkins, the director who smashed records herself with 2017's Wonder Woman, shared her delight at Black Panther's "incredibly meaningful success".