The film went on to be nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and winning three (Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Score).
Originally set for a November 2017 release, Black Panther arrived in February of 2018.
It was announced in October 2014 that Chadwick Boseman had been cast in the role of Black Panther for Captain America: Civil War, with his own solo movie to follow afterward.
The film became the first Marvel Studios movie to ever win an Oscar.