Black Panther is killing it in the box office
this weekend, and it might just be one of
the highest grossing Marvel films ever when
it's all said and done.
Shout out to Ben Shapiro for being a professional
player hater-- somebody tell that dude to
take a seat somewhere while I tell y'all how
Black Panther is about to shock the world.
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Okay, so let's talk Black Panther-- basically,
this movie is killing it.
It opened to $5 million on its first day in
the UK before hauling in $25 million on it's
Thursday night premiere in the states.
Right now, the estimate is that Black Panther
pulled in about $74 million on Friday, and
the estimate Sunday morning is that it would
made about $68 million on Saturday-- if it
managed to pull in anything more, it's going
to break more records.
Right now Black Panther holds the record for
highest advanced ticket sales amounts for
a Marvel movie at $9 million.
Last weekend, the conservative estimate for
Black Panther's opening weekend was somewhere
around $150 million.
The estimates right now are that the movie
could do around $220 million for the weekend,
which would be the biggest opening weekend
behind The Avengers, Jurassic World, The Last
Jedi, and The Force Awakens.
If it passes $175 million, which is what Iron
Man 3 pulled in, it will be the biggest solo
superhero movie launch ever, but right now
Black Panther's estimates for a 4-day holiday
weekend are approaching "The Avengers" territory,
which could make it the highest earning Marvel
film over a 4-day period.
So yeah, it looks like Black Panther is going
to make a big splash at the box office.
But let's talk about this fuck boy named Ben
Shapiro-- so apparently Little Ben is triggered
by Black America being excited about this
Black Panther movie.
I mean, it's not like representation matters
or anything.
Ben seems to think it's okay to be sarcastic
about black history, saying stuff like "Oh,
Black Panther is bigger than the Emancipation.
Black Panther is more important than what
Harriet Tubman did with the Underground Railroad.
Oh man...almost 400 years of slavery and the
civil rights movement was nothing compared
to Black Panther coming out.
Oh man...us black folk don't care about Martin
Luther King, Malcolm X, or President Obama--all
that matters is Chadwick Boseman played King
T'Challa in the Black Panther movie."
Ben Shapiro talks all this stuff about what?
The evils of Identity Politics, but didn't
this dude call The Last Jedi "Social Justice
Warrior trash??
Now what?
Black people shouldn't be excited about the
Black Panther movie?
Fuck Ben Shapiro.
Ben Shapiro plays the Identity Politics game
like...hey, let's single out a group, and
pair them up with something in pop culture
that's trending so that I can stay relevant.
I know I'm gonna get some of those Breitbart
bitches on this video because I'm talking
shit about their hero-- "Oh man, Ben would
destroy you in debate, Prince.
Ben will destroy anyone."
Hey--I don't care about Ben or his fancy law
school degree-- y'all act like getting into
law school is something impossible to do.
Hell, I decided to go to Seminary OVER going
to law school, so don't act like that's a
major accomplishment.
Besides, Ben keep talking all that shit about
people, he won't be able to debate anyone
when he really pisses somebody off and they
put them MITTS on him...you can't debate when
your jaw is wired shut.
I'm mean if you want to talk Identity politics--why
is it that these Breitbart bitches are always
trynna tell people how to feel?
Seriously-- Trayvon Martin gets shot by George
Zimmerman, "Why are you blacks upset?
You shouldn't be upset about that?"
Michael Brown gets MURDERED by a cop,"Why
are you blacks protesting?
He should have complied."
Shut the fuck up.
Stop telling people how to feel.
If black America wants to be excited about
this Black Panther movie--that's our god damn
right.
All Comic Book Nerds are not white guys who
live in their parents' basement, Ben Shapiro.
There are black nerds, there are women nerds,
there's queer nerds, there's asian nerds,
there's latino nerds.
Black and Brown Nerd Unity, essai
Representation matters--people want to see
heroes that look like them and stories that
are like their stories.
Ben Shapiro, pull your head out of your ass--you're
supposed to be an attorney.
Have you stopped to consider that a big blockbuster
movie greenlit by Marvel can give way to other
projects from black directors featuring black
casts?
Have you stopped to consider that other filmmakers
might be able to get their projects funded
based on the success of Ryan Coogler's work?
Hell, I know 3 people who worked on this movie--
did you stop to think that they might get
more work in the future?
I mean, I had a friend in Wonder-Woman-- she's
landed pretty sizeable roles in 3-4 films
since Wonder Woman just because she can say,"Hey,
I played an Amazon Warrior in this huge film
that killed it in the box office."
Also-- what does this say about the power
of black dollars?
I mean, didn't y'all Breitbart bitches criticize
black america because we got out and voted
in droves for Barack Obama, just because he
was black?
I mean, it's not like young liberal white
women played a part in Obama winning two terms
or anything--because let's blame the negroes.
All those estimates for Black Panther's weekend
haul-- Forbes and my other sources say that
40% of the audience responsible for the movie
making a potential $220 million and possibly
being bigger than the Avengers-- yeah, 40%
of that audience is Black Americans.
So I know what you're really getting at Ben
Shapiro-- you don't want the movie industry
to take note of the power that minority audiences
have on the box office.
Didn't you tell us that we should stay in
our place?
You said that-- you said what's there to be
excited over when we've already had Spawn,
Blade, and Catwoman.
Okay-- first off, Catwoman was horrible.
The only reason I even saw that movie was
because it was playing on the Military movie
channel when my ship was in Iraq.
Spawn is a murder who made a deal with the
devil.
My interest in Spawn started with the fact
that Michael Jai White played the character,
and that's where it ended.
I love Michael Jai White.
I try to support all of his movies.
He's friends with people in my network, but
nobody really cares about Spawn-- plus that
movie is like 20 years old.
Blade?
Blade is awesome.
I love Wesley Snipes, and he's actually in
that same circle of people I know who run
with Michael Jai White-- so Ben, you're basically
saying that there's like 4 or 5 black actors
who deserve a shot.
There's 2 characters who had films 20 years
ago that should give us a sense of "Black
Pride," meanwhile there's been how many Batman
movies and reboots?
Oh wait--Ben, you're Jewish-- how many Superman
movies has there been?
I mean, maybe you're just really upset that
your flying Samson from the House of El has
never had a movie that's been as successful
as this ONE movie about an African King from
the most technologically advanced society
in the world who runs around in a black catsuit.
Maybe you're a little bit intimidated by the
fact that the scary black man literally stops
his cousin's mission which is basically "let's
kill all the whiteys" and then he decides
to share his countries technology with the
world.
Maybe you're a little bit intimidated by the
fact that the message in TWO Marvel movies
is that really smart white people had Vibranium,
and they made a big frisbee just to give Captain
America to go punch Nazis in the face--because
it's the American way...or at least it was...now
we have a President who doesn't know how to
respect a woman's body saying nonsense like
"Hey some of those Nazis are good people!"
I guess life needs to imitate art for a change...but
anyway, my point was here you have these folks
in Africa--with this Vibranium, and what do
they do-- make themselves bulletproof, develop
impossible cures, and invent things that the
rest of the world can only imagine and dream
about--and oh yeah...the smartest person in
the world also happens to live in Wakanda...she's
an African princess, and I think that initimidates
Ben Shapiro even more than King T'Challa.
The last thing we want is for Black Women
to see this movie and, you know, actually
feel a sense of pride that they can do anything
they set out to accomplish.
#BlackGirlMagic
Look, I know this video is going to piss off
some people.
If you happen to be one of those people, don't
write me a speech about why you'll never watch
one of my videos again, because I'll be honest
with you-- I probably don't have a clue who
you are.
If I said something that upset you-- I think
it says more about you...so maybe use the
time you waste here on YouTube to spend some
time in self reflection.
Anyway, I'm going to work on my FULL REVIEW
of the Black Panther movie-- it will be loaded
with insights.
It may be a bit politically charged, because
that's how I roll.
Hope to see you guys back for the review--and
if I said something that struck you, PLEASE
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If you're black and you're watching this video--
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