I wish I could find this — I think it was on Facebook somewhere, and the author deleted it — but I’ve read that conservatives and Trump supporters in particular are fucking terrified of the Black Panther movie. A black superhero — headlining his own major motion picture — in a world where an African country is the most advanced on Earth? It’s a direct fuck-you to everything they’ve ever been told.
I wouldn’t bet against Trump eventually attacking the movie on Twitter. And therefore, I wouldn’t bet against the movie doing even better than anticipated as a result.