Black Panther is "epic as hell" – Watch Trailer

From the time, trailer was released, it received such enthusiastic reactions, with a posse of film critics like Peter Sciretta saying it was refreshing. io9's Charles Pulliam-Moore called the teaser "every bit as intense as you were hoping it would be" and "epic as hell".

Andrew Husband for Uproxx felt the single teaser "easily outshines Spider-Man: Homecoming's big-from-the-beginning marketing campaign."

Forbes's Scott Mendelson felt that "Black Panther has the chance to be a seminal event in the same way we're now seeing with Wonder Woman."

The trailer was viewed 89 million times in 24 hours, and "dominated the conversation on social media", being the top-trending item on Twitter.

The Hollywood Reporter noted that the teaser generated 349,000 Twitter mentions in 24 hours. The amount of mentions were second to the amount the Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser received.

In December 2017, a survey from Fandango indicated that “Black Panther” was the second most anticipated film in 2018 behind Avengers: Infinity War.

And now that 2018 is here everything appears to be pointing in the right direction for the super-hero movie.

Fandango reported that its first 24 hours of ticket presales for the film were the largest ever for a Marvel film, surpassing Captain America: Civil War in 2016.

Early projections for the film have it earning between $80–90 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, with the potential to earn between $100-120 million, and earning $275–335 million for its domestic total.

The movie which runs for 2 Hours and 14 Minutes, is an action and adventure directed by DirectorRyan Coogler, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole. It stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis among others.

In July 2017, Nate Moore, a producer on the film said Black Panther would be a cross between The Godfather and the James Bond films as a "big, operatic family drama centered around a world of international espionage. So hopefully we’re getting the best of both worlds."

Black Panther is a Marvel Studios' project and it follows T'Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king -and Black Panther- is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk.

Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.