Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says the ?cultural impact? of the Golden Globe-nominated Black Panther is ?certainly the most important victory we?ve ever had.?
?We have high expectations, we spend a lot of money on these movies, we put a lot of time into these movies, we believe in them and expect them to do well that we can do another one. That it had the cultural impact it had is what is most meaningful,? Feige told MTV News during Sunday?s 76th Golden Globes.
?This is my first time at the Globes. That Black Panther has the power to bring Marvel to the Golden Globes is pretty exciting.?
Asked about past comic book films that deserved awards recognition, Feige answered, ?Yes, of course, [The] Dark Knight obviously you talk about, but I think Marvel Studios made a lot of great movies that I?m very proud of. Almost any of which I would hold up there with the best films of that year.?
The Ryan Coogler-directed Black Panther is the first superhero film to be nominated for the Golden Globes? coveted Best Picture - Drama award, competing against Spike Lee?s BlacKkKlansman, Barry Jenkins? If Beale Street Could Talk, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga-starrer A Star Is Born, and Queen biopic and prize winner Bohemian Rhapsody.
Proving itself a cultural phenomenon after winning a $1.3 billion worldwide box office, Black Panther earned $700 million of its haul domestically and was just the third film to outgross the milestone in North America behind only Disney?s Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936m) and James Cameron?s Avatar ($760m).