While it is no surprise that one of the high marks of Disney CEO Robert Iger’s career at the studio is a movie that came from Marvel, changed the game, and was both critically and commercially successfully. However, the love for this specific film even surprised film. That film is Black Panther and in his new book Ride of A Lifetime, Iger talks about his love for the film.
Iger says not just that the film is the movie he’s most proud of, but the “product,” suggesting that it even eclipses things like Disney+ and Disney Parks innovations created during his tenure. Iger states,
“There may be no product we’ve ever created that I’m more proud of than Black Panther,”
“The experience of watching Black Panther with the crowd of people that packed the Dolby Theatre for the premiere will remain one of the most memorable moments of my career,” Iger writes. “Until then, I’d only seen it during screenings at my house or with a small group at the studio. I knew we had something special, but you’re never quite sure how something is going to be received. Still, I couldn’t wait to share it with the world, and to see and feel their reaction to it. That night the energy in the room was electric long before the lights went down. You could feel the anticipation that something unprecedented was about to happen, something historic, and the film more than exceeded those expectations.”
