The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally broke through in the above the line categories at the Oscars this morning as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Angela Bassett earned a supporting actress nomination for her turn as Queen Ramonda.
The mother of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, Queen Ramonda grapples with a Wakanda that’s being invaded by the underwater Talokonil people, who turn her kingdom upside down.
Wakanda Forever is the second highest grossing MCU title of the pandemic at $840.1M WW after Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.9 billion).
While Wakanda Forever scored nominations in the Costumes, Make-Up and Hair, VFX and Song (Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up”) categories, the sequel was left out of the Best Picture slot which counted such tentpole blockbusters as the highest grossing movie of last year, the $2 billion grossing Avatar: The Way of Water, and the second highest grossing movie, Top Gun: Maverick which made $1.4 billion.
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