But as the Russos have pointed out on the commentary track for Infinity War, they took a risk setting the final act of their movie in Wakanda, because they didn’t yet know how audiences would respond to Coogler’s movie.
And, of course, you get to revisit Avengers: Infinity War — a movie that, remarkably, has not outgrossed Black Panther at the domestic box office.
The fact that it was a hit, and audiences embraced the Wakandan lifestyle, was MCU kismet.
It helped that Coogler’s movie was fantastic.
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