Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Black Panther (2018) and the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, the film stars Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther, alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Angela Bassett. In the film, the leaders of Wakanda fight to protect their nation in the wake of King T'Challa's death.
The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on October 26, 2022, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 11, 2022. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has grossed over $859 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2022. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 417 reviews and judged 84% of them to be positive. Metacritic calculated a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 62 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has garnered numerous awards and nominations with most nominations recognizing the film itself, acting, costume design, production values, and soundtrack. Bassett received widespread acclaim for her performance as Queen Ramonda, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first actress to win a major individual acting award for a Marvel film. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, one British Academy Film Award, six Critics' Choice Movie Awards (winning two), two Golden Globe Awards (winning one), and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Accolades
+ Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 16, 2022 Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi Film Ludwig Göransson Best Original Song in a Feature Film Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson for "Lift Me Up" Song/Score – Trailer "No Woman, No Cry" and "Alright" Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 12, 2022 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Production Design Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2022 Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards December 18, 2022 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Best Production Design Hannah Beachler Best Soundtrack Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2022 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards January 5, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director Sarah Finn San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Production Design Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Angela Bassett Best Original Song Temilade Openiyi, Robyn Fenty, Ryan Coogler, & Ludwig Göransson for "Lift Me Up" Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Production Design Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Best Original Song Tems, Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler for "Lift Me Up" Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 15, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Best Production Design Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions Best Song "Lift Me Up" Best Hair and Makeup Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Visual Effects Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Angela Bassett Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Online Film Critics Society Awards January 23, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Costume Design Black Panther: Wakanda Forever AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 28, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett London Film Critics' Circle Awards February 5, 2023 British Actress of the Year Letitia Wright Technical Achievement Award Ruth E. Carter Black Reel Awards February 6, 2023 Outstanding Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Director Ryan Coogler Outstanding Actress Letitia Wright Outstanding Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female Dominique Thorne Outstanding Screenplay Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Outstanding Original Song "Lift Me Up" "Born Again" Outstanding Cinematography Autumn Durald Arkapaw Outstanding Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Outstanding Editing Michael P. Shawver, Kelley Dixon, Jennifer Lame Outstanding Production Design Hannah Beachler Outstanding Ensemble Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Original Soundtrack Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild February 11, 2023 Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Camille Friend, Evelyn Feliciano, Marva Stokes, Victor Paz Best Special Effects Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Joel Harlow, Kim Felix Set Decorators Society of America Awards February 14, 2023 Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film Lisa Sessions Morgan and Hannah Beachler Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards February 15, 2023 Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production Tems, Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, and Ryan Coogler for "Lift Me Up" Visual Effects Society Awards February 15, 2023 Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, and Mikel Zuloaga for "City Street Flooding" Art Directors Guild Awards February 18, 2023 Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Hannah Beachler British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2023 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Angela Bassett Dorian Awards February 23, 2023 Supporting Film Performance of the Year Angela Bassett Hollywood Critics Association Awards February 24, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Action Film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards February 24, 2023 Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Best Hair & Makeup Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Best Marketing Campaign Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Original Song Rihanna for "Lift Me Up" Best Production Design Hannah Beachler NAACP Image Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Ryan Coogler Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Letitia Wright Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Tenoch Huerta Mejía Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Angela Bassett Danai Gurira Lupita Nyong'o Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Outstanding Hairstyling Camille Friend Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Soul/R&B Song Rihanna for "Lift Me Up" Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album Outstanding International Song Tems for "No Woman, No Cry" Producers Guild of America Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Kevin Feige and Nate Moore Screen Actors Guild Awards February 26, 2023 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Angela Bassett Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Costume Designers Guild Awards February 27, 2023 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Ruth E. Carter African-American Film Critics Association Awards March 1, 2023 Top 10 Films of the Year Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Song "Lift Me Up" Building Change Award Hannah Beachler The Ashley Boone Award Nate Moore The ReFrame Stamp March 1, 2023 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Satellite Awards March 3, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Drama Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Angela Bassett Best Costume Design Ruth E. Carter Best Original Song Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson for "Lift Me Up" Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 4, 2023 Favorite Movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Favorite Movie Actress Lupita Nyong'o Letitia Wright Favorite Song Rihanna for "Lift Me Up" Guild of Music Supervisors Awards March 5, 2023 Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million Dave Jordan Best Song Written and/or Recorded Created for a Film Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Tems, and Dave Jordan for "Lift Me Up" Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film Evelin Garcia for "Leaders" Writers Guild of America Awards March 5, 2023 Best Adapted Screenplay Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Academy Awards March 12, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett Best Original Song "Lift Me Up" - Music by Temilade Openiyi, Robyn Fenty, Ryan Coogler, & Ludwig Göransson; Lyrics by Temilade Openiyi & Ryan Coogler Best Makeup and Hairstyling Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Best Costume Design Ruth Carter Best Visual Effects Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick Critics' Choice Super Awards March 16, 2023 Best Superhero Movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Actor in a Superhero Movie Tenoch Huerta Mejía Best Actress in a Superhero Movie Angela Bassett Letitia Wright Best Villain in a Movie Tenoch Huerta Mejía MTV Movie & TV AwardsMay 7, 2023 Best MovieBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Kick-Ass Cast Best Song Rihanna – "Lift Me Up" BET Awards June 25, 2023 Best Movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Actress Angela Bassett BET Her Award "Lift Me Up" – Robyn Fenty & Ludwig Göransson Hugo Awards October 18–22, 2023 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Billboard Music Awards November 19, 2023 Top Soundtrack Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Grammy Awards February 4, 2024 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media Ludwig Göransson Best Song Written for Visual Media "Lift Me Up" – Songwriters by Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi Saturn Awards February 4, 2024 Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Best Supporting Actress in a Film Angela Bassett Best Film Costume Ruth E. 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