Superhero movie “Black Panther’ made a killing at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Saturday (June 16) in an awards show shown on television on Monday (June 18) that also recognized gays, women and those who stand up to bullying.

“Black Panther,” the predominantly black movie that has taken more than $1.3 billion at the global box-office, won best movie, best villain for Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger, and best performance and hero for star Chadwick Boseman.

Boseman, who plays the leader of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, gave his trophy to a man with no Hollywood connections.

“An award for best hero is amazing but it’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes we have in real life,” said Boseman.

He brought on stage James Shaw Jr., a 29-year-old electrician who overpowered a gunman who killed four people at a Waffle House outlet in Nashville in April to save the lives of more customers.

“This is gonna live at your house,” Boseman said, handing the trophy to Shaw.

Jordan thanked fans for supporting the movie, which has smashed Hollywood doubts about the broader appeal of black films to become the third highest-grossing film of all time in North America.

“It’s incredible when the stereotype used to be people of color couldn’t bring y’all out to the theater and make these types of films and bring this type of impact to you guys. So the fact that we were able to do this on this scale with this movie and this project means the world to us,” he said.

Actor Chris Pratt received the generational award and told the audience to believe in God and pray because ‘’ it is good for your soul’‘.

“Don’t be a turd. If you’re strong, be a protector and if you’re smart, be a humble influencer. Strength and intelligence can be weapons and do not wield them against the weak. That makes you a bully. Be bigger than that”, Pratt added.

The youth-oriented MTV network, known for its irreverent award shows, again dispensed with gender classifications, placing men and women together in performance categories in a move to embrace equality and gender fluidity.

Best Movie Avengers: Infinity War Black Panther Girls Trip It Wonder Woman

Best Show 13 Reasons Why Game of Thrones Grown-ish Riverdale Stranger Things

Best Performance in a Movie Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Performance in a Show Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Issa Rae, Insecure
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones

Best Hero Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther), Black Panther
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Game of Thrones
Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Wonder Woman
Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash), The Flash
Daisy Ridley (Rey), Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Villain
Josh Brolin (Thanos), Avengers: Infinity War
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Star Wars: The Last Jedi Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger), Black Panther
Aubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker), Legion
Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise), It

Best Kiss
Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael), Jane the Virgin Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram), Love, Simon
Olivia Cooke (Sam) and Tye Sheridan (Wade), Ready Player One
KJ Apa (Archie) and Camila Mendes (Veronica), Riverdale
Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Stranger Things

Most Frightened Performance
Talitha Bateman (Janice), Annabelle: Creation
Emily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott), A Quiet Place
Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), IT
Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole), Black Mirror Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Stranger Things

Best Onscreen Team
Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye) and Letitia Wright (Shuri), Black Panther Finn Wolfhard (Richie), Sophia Lillis (Beverly), Jaeden Lieberher (Bill), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben), Chosen Jacobs (Mike), It
Dwayne Johnson (Smolder), Kevin Hart (Mouse), Jack Black (Shelly), Karen Gillan (Ruby), Nick Jonas (Seaplane), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Tye Sheridan (Wade), Olivia Cooke (Samantha), Philip Zhao (Sho), Win Morisaki (Daito), Lena Waithe (Aech), Ready Player One
Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will), Sadie Sink (Max), Stranger Things

Best Comedic Performance
Jack Black, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Kate McKinnon, SNL
Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty

Scene Stealer
Tiffany Haddish (Dina), Girls Trip
Dacre Montgomery (Billy Hargrove), Stranger Things Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom), Riverdale
Taika Waititi (Korg), Thor: Ragnarok
Letitia Wright (Shuri), Black Panther

Best Fight
Charlize Theron (Lorraine) vs. Daniel Hargrave (Sniper), Greg Rementer (Spotter), Atomic Blonde
Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) vs. Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight), Avengers: Infinity War
Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) vs. Winston Duke (M’Baku), Black Panther
Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs. Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Thor: Ragnarok Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers, Wonder Woman

Best Music Documentary Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated Gaga: Five Foot Two
Jay-Z’s “Footnotes for 4:44” The Defiant Ones

Best Reality Series Keeping Up With the Kardashians Love & Hip Hop The Real Housewives RuPaul’s Drag Race Vanderpump Rules

Best Musical Moment Black-ish (Cast performs “Freedom”) Girls Trip (Dance Battle) Love, Simon (“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” dream sequence) Riverdale (Cast performs “A Night We’ll Never Forget”) Stranger Things (Mike and Eleven dance to “Every Breath You Take”) The Greatest Showman (Phillip and Anne sing “Rewrite the Stars”) This Is Us (Kate sings “Landslide”) Call Me by Your Name (Elio crying through the end credits)
 

Reuters