‘Black Panther’ Is The Most Tweeted-About Movie Ever, And Here Are Some Of The Funniest Tweets

Black Panther (our reviews here and here) just keeps on breaking records. The trope-subverting 18th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe broke numerous records, and it’s poised to become the highest-grossing Marvel movie and the highest-grossing superhero film, likely surpassing The Avengers by this weekend. Last weekend Black Panther also became the first movie since 2009’s Avatar to hold the number one spot in the domestic box office for five weekends in a row. And now it’s broken another record: Twitter announced Black Panther passed Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the most tweeted-about movie ever with more than 35 million tweets so far.

Twitter also released a set of stats about those 35 million+ tweets. They say the most common emojis used in the tweets are (in order of popularity) fire, a black heart, and a crown. The most common hashtags are #BlackPanther, #WakandaForever, and #Wakanda. The most popular characters are Black Panther, Killmonger, and Shuri. Most of the tweets came from the U.S., with the U.K. and Thailand coming in second and third.

Twitter also listed the three most-retweeted Black Panther tweets, the first one being Kendrick Lamar’s album announcement. Second place went to the viral video of two teens dressed as one person in a trenchcoat trying to get into the theater with only one ticket. Third place went to Michelle Obama’s congratulatory tweet.

Those may have been the most popular tweets, but they weren’t the only good ones…

— pau (@shuritchalla) February 17, 2018

Marvel vs DC pic.twitter.com/gsVg9dt3H6

— Michael A. Young (@RealMYoung23) February 19, 2018

I’m definitely throwing my wig in somebody’s face to win my next fight #BlackPanther

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) February 18, 2018

i can't help but post this pic.twitter.com/wgYOtRNcAL

— daniel (@ruffalosfluff) February 19, 2018

I’m crying pic.twitter.com/r21YySh80z

— Chesty Spitfire (@Chiaunbae) March 18, 2018

They ain’t from Wakanda, they from “WellKinda”

— SMH (@squarian24) March 18, 2018

Of course, some of the funniest material came out of needling people who thought the film was “reverse racism” or whatever.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 23, 2017

Many whites have complained about not seeing themselves represented in Black Panther but I for one felt very accurately depicted by the character of annoying lady too oblivious to notice her coffee tastes weird

— Natalie Walker (friend of Paddington) (@nwalks) February 20, 2018

I felt extremely represented in #BlackPanther by the middle-aged white character who was excited to help out in small ways when appropriate.

— Daniel Kibblesmith ☃️ (@kibblesmith) February 17, 2018

White people : black people are doing too much. Wakanda doesn't even exist.

Black people : Neither does Hogwarts.

White people: pic.twitter.com/6fJq2CVFxC

— Caysus (@Caleb__Eli) February 20, 2018

“I would have seen Black Panther 3 times opening weekend if I could have” pic.twitter.com/6rLj2SdnIh

— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) February 19, 2018

#WakandaForever