Black Panther
“Long live the king.”
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
How Black Panther compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Black Panther, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 2
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 76%
- Share of the series audience
Black Panther (2018) is the highest-rated of the 2 rated films in the Black Panther series, at 7.4/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.2/10.
It is the film that started the series, 5 years before the most recent entry, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
Its 23,934 TMDB ratings are 76% of the 31,688 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Black Panther, comparing all 2 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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