{"id":403126,"date":"2018-02-21T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403126"},"modified":"2018-02-21T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:45:04","slug":"michelle-obama-commends-black-panther-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/michelle-obama-commends-black-panther-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama commends Black Panther producers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michelle Obama has sent congratulations to the makers of\u00a0Black Panther after a weekend that saw the superhero film rack up blockbuster box-office takings.<\/p>\n
“I loved this movie,” wrote the former First Lady on Monday.<\/p>\n
“Because of you, young people will finally see superheroes that look like them on the big screen,” she said.<\/p>\n
And it seems she’s not alone in loving the movie – with box office takings far higher than anticipated.<\/p>\n
Revised studio estimates put its US and Canada grosses over the four-day President’s Day weekend at more than $235m (\u00a3168m).<\/p>\n
That’s miles ahead of the $120m (\u00a386m)\u00a0the film was predicted to take\u00a0over the same period as recently as last month.<\/p>\n
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins joined Mrs Obama in celebrating the film’s achievement.<\/p>\n