Another record-breaker! Black Panther becomes the most tweeted about movie EVER with more than 35million tweets since its release
- Black Panther has become the most tweeted about movie ever with more than 35million tweets since its February 16 release
- The record was previously held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which has now been bumped to second place
- The top hashtags for the movie were '#Wakanda', '#WakandaForever' and '#BlackPanther'
- Kendrick Lamar's tweet announcing the February 9 release date of the 'Black Panther' soundtrack was the most re-tweeted tweet
- Over the weekend, Black Panther became the first film since 2009's Avatar to top the box office in North America five straight weekends
Black Panther has shattered another record becoming the most tweeted about movie ever.
Twitter announced Tuesday that Ryan Coogler's superhero film has been tweeted about more than 35million times since its February 16 release.
The record was previously held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which has now been bumped to second place. In third is the most recent Star Wars installment, The Last Jedi.
Black Panther has shattered another record becoming the most tweeted about movie ever with more than 35million tweets since its February 16 release
Kendrick Lamar's tweet announcing the release date for the soundtrack was the most re-tweeted tweet
Michelle Obama's congratulatory tweet was the second-most re-tweeted tweet, the social media company said
Before Black Panther was even released the film was making waves on Twitter when the hashtag '#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe' went viral.
Hundreds of social media users flooded Twitter with their personal feelings on the movie's release.
According to Twitter, the most buzzed about days for the superhero flick was February 17, 18 and 19, the first three days after its release. The top hashtags for those days were '#Wakanda', '#WakandaForever' and '#BlackPanther'.
The movie has received a tremendous amount of support from celebrities. The social media company said Kendrick Lamar's tweet announcing the February 9 release date of the soundtrack was the most re-tweeted tweet.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's congratulatory message was the second most re-tweeted Twitter post.
'Congrats to the entire #blackpanther team! Because of you, young people will finally see superheros that look like them on the big screen,' she said.
'I loved this movie and I know it will inspire people of all backgrounds to dig deep and find the courage to be heroes of their own stories.'
The top hashtags have been '#Wakanda', '#WakandaForever' and '#BlackPanther'
'Black Panther' previously broke another record when it became the first film since 2009's 'Avatar' to top the box office in North America five straight weekends
Twitter said Black Panther had the most tweets in the US, followed by the United Kingdom and Thailand.
Over the weekend, Black Panther became the first film since 2009's Avatar to top the box office in North America five straight weekends.
It has grossed more than $607million domestically and $1.2billion worldwide. In the next week, it's expected to pass The Avengers as the highest grossing superhero film ever, not accounting for inflation.5516687
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