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While backstage at the Oscars, Sandra Bullock gushed when she got the chance to tell the cast of Black Panther, face-to-face, what the movie meant to her and her two black children.
“I started to cry backstage when I was telling [the Black Panther cast] how much the film meant to me as a woman, but how much it meant to me as a mother,” Sandra Bullock said.
Bullock was reportedly brought to tears detailing to the cast what the movie represents to her children. She told Access Hollywood that the Marvel film really struck a deep chord with her.
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“I’m so grateful to Marvel because about five years ago, my son asked me if there were any brown Legos,” Sandra Bullock explained. “And I said, ‘Yes, there are,’ and I got a Sharpie and I turned Spider-Man brown, I turned the Legos brown, and I don’t have to turn them brown anymore.”
Although Bullock admits that her kids are still too young to see Black Panther, she bought the the break-out hit movie’s merchandise well before it hit the stores.
“I bought her swag before it even came [out],” Bullock said. “She runs around in the Black Panther mask. Which is scary when she comes out of the dark.”
Black Panther can’t be stopped
The biggest, Blackest movie of the year has only been out for a few weeks, but already, it’s the 17th highest domestic release, surpassing big films like The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It’s only $7 million away from surpassing E.T. — The Extraterrestrial to claim the 16th spot, according to Variety.
The film broke the $800 million mark worldwide, according to Forbes and stands as one of the top ten all-time superhero releases.
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Black Panther has been winning since the very beginning. It broke open the record for the highest February debut for a movie, blasting past the record set by Marvel’s Deadpool.
The movie is the biggest opening for an African-American director ever and there are already talks of Marvel wanting Ryan Coogler to do more.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige told Variety he “absolutely” would welcome Coogler back for a sequel.