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Shortly after ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'''s release, a sequel was green-lit. The film will likely be set in Japan, as hinted in its predecessor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b122213__i_Wolverine__i__Sequel_Already_in_the_Works.html|title=Wolverie Sequel Already in the Works|work=E! Online|date=2009-05-05|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref> At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the sequel will take place in Japan. As explained by the producers on the ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' DVD, the original idea for the first movie was to adapt the Wolverine in Japan comic book story, but the studio suggested doing the origin story first.
Shortly after ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'''s release, a sequel was green-lit. The film will likely be set in Japan, as hinted in its predecessor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b122213__i_Wolverine__i__Sequel_Already_in_the_Works.html|title=Wolverie Sequel Already in the Works|work=E! Online|date=2009-05-05|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref> At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the sequel will take place in Japan. As explained by the producers on the ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' DVD, the original idea for the first movie was to adapt the Wolverine in Japan comic book story, but the studio suggested doing the origin story first.


In August 2009, [[Christopher McQuarrie]] was hired to write the script. McQuarrie was a writer on the first ''X-Men'' film, but voluntarily took his name off the movie when the final version was more in line with [[David Hayter]]’s script than his.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://filmonic.com/christopher-mcquarrie-write-wolverine-2|title=Christopher McQuarrie to write Wolverine 2|work=Filmonic|date=2009-08-13|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> According to Lauren Schuler-Donner, the sequel will focus on the relationship between Wolverine and [[Mariko Yashida|Mariko]], the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine will have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having "this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting." She continued: "We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles."<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/future-of-x-men-franchise/default.asp|title=The Future Of The X-Men Franchise: Wolverine 2|work=Empire|last=De Semlyen|first=Nick|accessdate=2009-10-25}}</ref> In January 2010, at the [[People's Choice Awards]], Jackman stated that the film will start shooting sometime in 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/11/wolverine-sequel-to-shoot-within-a-year/|title='Wolverine' Sequel To Shoot In 2011?|date=2010-01-11|first=Blair|last=Marnell|publisher=[[MTV]]|accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref> and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzz.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/03/03/wolverine-japan-adventure-is-a-go/|title=Wolverine Japan Adventure Is a Go|first=Roger|last=Friedman|date=2010-03-03|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref> In March 2010, during an interview with Bryan Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner about the future of the X-Men franchise, Singer revealed that he had recently had lunch with Hugh Jackman, but was quickly silenced by Donner before revealing any more details.<ref name="latimesblogs.latimes.com">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/03/bryan-singer-and-the-xmen-together-again.html Bryan Singer on 'X-Men: First Class': It's got to be about Magneto and Professor X]</ref> [[David Slade]] and [[Darren Aronofsky]] are in the running to direct the film.<ref>{{cite news | author = Lesnick, Silas | title = Wolverine 2 Director Rumors Surface | publisher = [[Superhero Hype!]] | date = 2010-08-30 | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/106413-wolverine-2-director-rumors-surface | accessdate = 2010-08-30}}</ref>
In August 2009, [[Christopher McQuarrie]] was hired to write the script. McQuarrie was a writer on the first ''X-Men'' film, but voluntarily took his name off the movie when the final version was more in line with [[David Hayter]]’s script than his.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://filmonic.com/christopher-mcquarrie-write-wolverine-2|title=Christopher McQuarrie to write Wolverine 2|work=Filmonic|date=2009-08-13|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> According to Lauren Schuler-Donner, the sequel will focus on the relationship between Wolverine and [[Mariko Yashida|Mariko]], the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine will have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having "this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting." She continued: "We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles."<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/future-of-x-men-franchise/default.asp|title=The Future Of The X-Men Franchise: Wolverine 2|work=Empire|last=De Semlyen|first=Nick|accessdate=2009-10-25}}</ref> In January 2010, at the [[People's Choice Awards]], Jackman stated that the film will start shooting sometime in 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/11/wolverine-sequel-to-shoot-within-a-year/|title='Wolverine' Sequel To Shoot In 2011?|date=2010-01-11|first=Blair|last=Marnell|publisher=[[MTV]]|accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref> and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzz.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/03/03/wolverine-japan-adventure-is-a-go/|title=Wolverine Japan Adventure Is a Go|first=Roger|last=Friedman|date=2010-03-03|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref> In March 2010, during an interview with Bryan Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner about the future of the X-Men franchise, Singer revealed that he had recently had lunch with Hugh Jackman, but was quickly silenced by Donner before revealing any more details.<ref name="latimesblogs.latimes.com">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/03/bryan-singer-and-the-xmen-together-again.html Bryan Singer on 'X-Men: First Class': It's got to be about Magneto and Professor X]</ref> [[David Slade]], [[Darren Aronofsky]] and [[Darren Aronofsky]] are in the running to direct the film.<ref>{{cite news | author = Lesnick, Silas | title = Wolverine 2 Director Rumors Surface | publisher = [[Superhero Hype!]] | date = 2010-08-30 | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/106413-wolverine-2-director-rumors-surface | accessdate = 2010-08-30}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | author = Fleming, Mike | title = Directors Vie For 'Clash,' 'Wolverine,' 'Deadpool' Sequels And Spinoffs | publisher = Deadline Hollywood | date = 2010-08-30 | url = http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/director-vy-for-clash-wolverine-deadpool/ | accessdate = 2010-08-30}}</ref>


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X-Men series
Picture of a big X enclosing a smaller one. At the top are the faces of mutants, one showing his hand with long, spiky talons. At the bottoms are the faces of the humans.
2006 DVD box set
Directed byBryan Singer
(X-Men, X-2)
Brett Ratner
(X-Men: The Last Stand)
Gavin Hood
(X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Matthew Vaughn
(X-Men: First Class)
Written byDavid Hayter
(X-Men, X2)
Michael Dougherty
Dan Harris
(X2)
Zak Penn
(X2, X-Men: The Last Stand)
Simon Kinberg
(X-Men: The Last Stand)
David Benioff
Skip Woods
(X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Jamie Moss
Ashley Miller
Zack Stentz
Jane Goldman
(X-Men: First Class)
Produced byLauren Shuler Donner
Ralph Winter
Avi Arad
Tom DeSanto
Gregory Goodman
Simon Kinberg
Bryan Singer
Tarquin Pack
StarringHugh Jackman
Patrick Stewart
Ian McKellen
Famke Janssen
Halle Berry
James Marsden
Rebecca Romijn
Anna Paquin
Shawn Ashmore
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Running time
451 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.565 billion

The X-Men film series is a series of superhero films based on the fictional Marvel Comics team of the same name. The films star an ensemble cast, focusing on Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, as he is drawn into the conflict between Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen), who have opposing views on humanity's relationship with mutants: Xavier believes humanity and mutants can coexist, but Magneto believes a war is coming, and intends to fight. The films also developed subplots based on the comics' Weapon X and Dark Phoenix storylines.

20th Century Fox earned the film rights to the characters in 1994, and after numerous drafts, Bryan Singer was hired to direct X-Men and returned for X2. He left a potential third and fourth film to direct Superman Returns, leaving Brett Ratner to direct X-Men: The Last Stand. Critics praised Singer's films for their dark, realistic tone, and subtexts dealing with discrimination and intolerance, but Ratner's film was met with mixed reviews. Nonetheless, each film outgrossed the last, and Fox is developing spin-off prequels. The X-Men films are also attributed as leading to a reemergence of superhero films in the 2000s, such as the Spider-Man film series.

Primary film series

X-Men (2000)

Main article: X-Men (film)

In 1994, 20th Century Fox and producer Lauren Shuler Donner bought the film rights to the X-Men.[1] Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to write,[2] and James Cameron expressed interest in directing. Bryan Singer signed on to direct in July 1996. Though not a fan of the comic, he was fascinated by the analogies of prejudice and discrimination offered by it.[1] John Logan, Joss Whedon,[3] Ed Solomon, Christopher McQuarrie and David Hayter wrote the script, with Hayter receiving sole credit.[1] Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000 in Toronto.[4]

The first X-Men film introduced Wolverine and Rogue into the conflict between Professor Xavier's X-Men, and the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Magneto. Magneto intends to mutate world leaders at a United Nations summit with a machine he has built, to bring about acceptance of mutantkind, but Xavier realizes this forced mutation will only result in their deaths.

X2 (2003)

Main article: X2 (film)

Fox hired David Hayter and Zak Penn to write their own scripts for the sequel which Singer would pick, with an aim to release the film in December 2002.[5] The story was inspired by X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, though the character of Stryker was changed from a reverend to a colonel.[6] Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris were hired to re-write the script in February 2002, writing around 26 drafts and 150 on set.[7] Production began on June 17, 2002 in Vancouver and wrapped by November, with the release moved to May 1, 2003.[5]

In the film, Colonel William Stryker brainwashes and questions the imprisoned Magneto about Professor Xavier's mutant-locating machine, Cerebro. Stryker attacks the X-Mansion, and brainwashes Xavier into locating every mutant on the planet to kill them. The X-Men must team up with the Brotherhood and prevent Stryker's worldwide genocide.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Main article: X-Men: The Last Stand

Bryan Singer wanted to shoot the third film back-to-back with a fourth.[8] On July 16, 2004, he left to direct Superman Returns,[9] having only completed a third of a treatment focusing on Phoenix,[10] and introducing Emma Frost, a role intended for Sigourney Weaver.[11] In addition, Singer also wanted to showcase more characterizations of Rogue, Iceman and Pyro.[12] Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn were hired the following month, and a studio executive read Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men story "Gifted", featuring a mutant cure, suggested it be the primary story. Matthew Vaughn came on board as director in February 2005,[13] but left due to the rushed production schedule.[14] Brett Ratner took over in June,[15] and filming began on August 2, 2005.[16]

A pharmaceutical company has developed an antidote to the mutant gene, provoking controversy in the mutant community. Magneto declares war on the humans and retrieves his own weapon: the telekinetic and telepathic Phoenix, who is the resurrected former X-Man, Jean Grey. After Phoenix kills Cyclops and Xavier, a final battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood ensues, and Wolverine must accept that in order to save Jean from her second personality, he will have to kill her.

Spin-offs

Each X-Men film was more expensive than the last, with larger salaries and more spectacular visual effects.[17] Fox chose the "divide and conquer" route for the franchise with multiple spin-off prequels, known as the X-Men Origins series focusing on Wolverine, Magneto, and the young X-Men.[18] Lauren Shuler Donner declared that Gambit is one of her favorite X-Men characters, and a film for him would be considered depending on the success of Wolverine.[19]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Main article: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was directed by Gavin Hood and again stars Jackman as Wolverine. It is a prequel focusing on the character and his time with Team X, before and shortly after his skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium. The film reveals Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber) to be his half brother. David Benioff began writing the film in October 2004, and unlike the other films it was shot in Australia and New Zealand. The film also introduces Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) and Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) to the franchise.[20]

Future

X-Men: First Class (2011)

File:X-Men- First Class poster.jpg
Logo for X-Men: First Class.

X-Men: First Class was originally announced as being intended to be about the young Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and others who attended Xavier's school with them.[21] Zak Penn revealed he was offered to direct the spin-off in 2007, which he explained, "The original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea [...] it was this guy who worked with me named Mike Chamoy, he worked a lot with me on X3. He came up with how to do a young X-Men movie which is not what you'd expect."[22] Penn later compared the idea to the comic book series X-Men: First Class,[23] and in July 2008, Fox filed the title X-Men: First Class with Production Weekly.[24] In May 2008, Josh Schwartz joined the project.[25] Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg will produce.[26] Donner said that she hopes to start a franchise, in the vein of the Harry Potter film series, with this movie.[27]

Bryan Singer later signed on to direct X-Men: First Class in December 2009,[28] returning to the series that he started with X-Men and X2. Singer was quoted as saying, "[t]his is [sic] the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where their relationship took a wrong turn ... [t]here is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from 'X-Men' will figure into the plot, though I don't want to say which ones. There will be a lot of new mutants and a great villain." Jamie Moss, the writer behind the 2008 movie Street Kings, also came on board to pen a new screenplay for X-Men: First Class.[29] In March 2010, Singer reiterated that the film will find its axis in the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the point where their friendship soured, while also detailing the beginning of the school for mutants, with younger incarnations of some characters with new actors in roles of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, etc.[30] When asked if Hugh Jackman might appear as Wolverine, Singer only shrugged.[30]

In March 2010, Fox revealed that Bryan Singer will be producing X-Men: First Class instead of directing. The studio wants the film to start production as soon as possible in order to release it in 2011, and Singer is unable to do it due to his commitment to a Jack the Giant-killer adaptation.[31] Sources indicated that Matthew Vaughn was in negotiations to direct the film.[32] In May 2010, 20th Century Fox confirmed that Vaughn will direct the film and announced the film will be released on June 3, 2011.[33] Thor writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were hired to re-write the script.[34] Vaughn also brought on frequent collaborator Jane Goldman to work on the script.[35] X-Men: First Class will begin filming on September 21, 2010 in London.[36][37]

Vaughn has confirmed that the film is a prequel to the first three movies.[38] It will take place during the 1960s and will parallel the history of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.[39] The X-Men costumes will look much more as they did in the original comics compared with the first three films, although the original team members with the exception of Beast will not appear.[39] For most of the film Professor X will not be bald or in a wheelchair, however the reason why Xavier is later forced to use a wheelchair will be explained.[39] The plot is as follows: "Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men."[40] Regarding the film's story, Vaughn said, "The story that Bryan Singer came up with is very, very smart ... It's very clever when you see how he has integrated the characters into the time period where the film is set. I'll put it that way. I just don't want to give it away. ... It's a very clever way of getting these characters involved in recent history, in recent world events."[41]

Leading the cast are actors James McAvoy as the young Professor X,[42] and Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr, who becomes Magneto.[43] The villains of the film will be the Hellfire Club,[39] featuring Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw,[44][45] and January Jones as Emma Frost.[46] Other cast members include Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert,[47] Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy, also known as Beast,[48] Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique,[44] Oliver Platt as "The Man in Black", a character who is not a mutant,[49] Zoë Kravitz as Angel Salvadore,[50] Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee,[48] Lucas Till as Havok,[51] Edi Gathegi as Darwin,[52] Jason Flemyng as Azazel,[53] Bill Milner as young Magneto,[50] and Morgan Lily as young Mystique.[54] Broadway actor Benjamin Walker was previously cast as Beast, however he was dropped from the role.[55] Alice Eve was originally announced to play Emma Frost,[56] but reportedly the actress withdrew from the role due to her "displeasure with recent script changes."[57]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2

Main article: X-Men Origins: Wolverine § Sequel

Shortly after X-Men Origins: Wolverine's release, a sequel was green-lit. The film will likely be set in Japan, as hinted in its predecessor.[58] At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the sequel will take place in Japan. As explained by the producers on the X-Men Origins: Wolverine DVD, the original idea for the first movie was to adapt the Wolverine in Japan comic book story, but the studio suggested doing the origin story first.

In August 2009, Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write the script. McQuarrie was a writer on the first X-Men film, but voluntarily took his name off the movie when the final version was more in line with David Hayter’s script than his.[59] According to Lauren Schuler-Donner, the sequel will focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine will have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having "this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting." She continued: "We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles."[60] In January 2010, at the People's Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the film will start shooting sometime in 2011,[61] and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year.[62] In March 2010, during an interview with Bryan Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner about the future of the X-Men franchise, Singer revealed that he had recently had lunch with Hugh Jackman, but was quickly silenced by Donner before revealing any more details.[63] David Slade, Darren Aronofsky and Darren Aronofsky are in the running to direct the film.[64] [65]

Deadpool

On May 5, 2009, 4 days after the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a spin-off for Ryan Reynolds' character Deadpool was greenlit, with Reynolds reprising his role and Lauren Shuler Donner producing. In an interview with Empire, Donner stated that she wants the Deadpool film to ignore the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, "because this guy talks, obviously, and to muzzle him would be insane." She also confirmed that Deadpool will have the attributes that the character has in the comics, such as breaking the fourth wall.[60] Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have been hired to write the script.[66] Robert Rodriguez has reportedly been offered the chance to direct the film.[67]

X-Men 4

Producer Lauren Shuler Donner reported in August 2006 that renegotiations would be required to continue the primary film series. Newer cast members were signed, while the older cast members, including Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen, and Anna Paquin, were not.[68] Berry, James Marsden,[69] and Patrick Stewart[70] have expressed interest in returning, and Bryan Singer was approached once more to direct, but he was busy.[71] Shawn Ashmore stated that he is still contracted for another film featuring Iceman.[72] Tyler Mane and Ray Park have both expressed interest in reprising their roles from X-Men as Sabretooth and Toad, respectively, in future films, although it is unlikely Mane would be asked due to Liev Schreiber taking over the Sabretooth role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and his commitment to the Halloween franchise. However, as of July 2007, there was no script for a fourth film, and none was in the works.[73] Later in the month, however, Kevin Feige, president of production at Marvel Studios said that another X-Men film was possible.[74] Donner admitted, "There is forty years worth of stories. I’ve always wanted to do 'Days of Future Past' and there are just really a lot of stories yet to be told."[75] At a Fox Blu-ray press event in Beverly Hills in September 2009, Lauren Shuler Donner stated that she is currently "cooking up plans for" an X-Men 4. However she stressed that it has yet to be pitched to the studio.[76] As of March 2010, Shuler Donner also has pitched Bryan Singer on doing a fourth installment of the previously established X-Men franchise, following the completion of X-Men: First Class.[63]

New Mutants

At a Fox Blu-ray press event in Beverly Hills in September 2009, Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed that there are plans for a film involving the New Mutants.[76]

X-Men Origins: Magneto

In December 2004, 20th Century Fox hired screenwriter Sheldon Turner to draft a spin-off X-Men film, and he chose to write Magneto, pitching it as "The Pianist meets X-Men."[77] In April 2007, David S. Goyer was hired to direct.[78] Turner said the script was set from 1939 to 1955,[79] and it follows Magneto trying to survive in Auschwitz. He meets Xavier, a young soldier, during the liberation of the camp. He hunts down the Nazi war criminals who tortured him, and this lust for vengeance turns him and Xavier into enemies.[78]

In May 2006, Ian McKellen said he would reprise the role using the computer-generated facelift applied to him in the prologue of X-Men: The Last Stand.[80] Lauren Shuler Donner stated that the film would need McKellen to anchor the story, which would take place in flashbacks.[18] With Goyer's hiring in 2007, it was said actors in their twenties would play the characters.[78] McKellen reiterated his hope to open and close the film in July 2008.[81]

The film was planned to shoot in Australia for a 2009 release,[82][83] but it was delayed by the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[84] In April 2008, concept art, including one of a younger Beast, was being designed.[85] In June 2008 the X-Men Origins prefix also applied to Wolverine was confirmed, and the project was seeking approval to film in Washington, D.C.[86] By December 2008, Goyer said filming would begin if Wolverine was successful. The story was moved forward to 1961, and involves Xavier and Magneto battling a villain.[87]

However, in October 2009, Ian McKellen confirmed that he will not be reprising his role as Magneto, citing his age as a barrier.[88] X-Men's producer Lauren Shuler Donner recently stated that the movie may never be made.[89] In an October 2009 interview with Empire, Donner claimed that "the studio has a wealth of potential stories, and they have to stand back and decide which ones to make. And Magneto, I think, is at the back of the queue. Maybe it'll get made in five years - who knows?"[60]

Cast

Main article: List of X-Men films cast members

Reception

Box office performance

Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Budget Reference
Worldwide United States United States Foreign Worldwide All time United States All time worldwide
X-Men August 2000 July 14, 2000 $157,299,717 $139,039,810 $296,339,527 #182 #240 $75,000,000 [90]
X2 May 1, 2003 May 2, 2003 $214,949,694 $192,761,855 $407,711,549 #94
#188(A) 		#124 $110,000,000 [91]
X-Men: The Last Stand May 25, 2006 May 26, 2006 $234,362,462 $224,997,093 $459,359,555 #72
#186(A) 		#97 $210,000,000 [92]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine May 1, 2009 May 1, 2009 $179,883,157 $193,179,707 $373,062,864 #137 #144 $150,000,000 [93]
Total $786,495,030 $749,978,465 $1,536,473,495 $545,000,000
List indicator(s)
  • (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Each of the films set opening records in the United States: X-Men had the highest July opening yet,[94] while X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand earned the fourth highest opening weekends yet.[95][96] All of these records have since been surpassed. X-Men: The Last Stand and X2 rank as the seventh and eighth most successful superhero films, while X-Men is thirteenth.[97] The third, second and first films are the fifth, sixth and seventh most successful Marvel Comics adaptations,[98] as well as overall the seventh, eighth and fifteenth most successful comic book adaptations. It is Marvel's second most successful film series after the Spider-Man films.[99]

Critical reaction

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Yahoo! Movies
Overall Cream of the Crop
X-Men 81% (152 reviews)[100] 59% (32 reviews)[101] 64 (33 reviews)[102] B+ (61362 reviews)[103]
X2 88% (221 reviews)[104] 83% (40 reviews)[105] 68 (38 reviews)[106] B (15 reviews)[107]
X-Men: The Last Stand 57% (227 reviews)[108] 52% (42 reviews)[109] 58 (38 reviews)[110] B- (15 reviews)[111]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 37% (245 reviews)[112] 17% (41 reviews)[113] 43 (36 reviews)[114] C+ (13 reviews)[115]
Average ratings 66% 53% 58 N/A

Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe praised the X-Men films as "more than a cash-guzzling wham-bang Hollywood franchise... these three movies sport philosophy, ideas, a telethon-load of causes, and a highly elastic us-versus-them allegory." Morris praised X-Men: The Last Stand for "put[ting] the heroes of a mighty summer blockbuster in a rare mortal position. Realism at this time of year? How unorthodox!"[116] Roger Ebert gave the films good reviews, but criticized them because "there are just plain too many mutants, and their powers are so various and ill-matched that it's hard to keep them all on the same canvas."[117] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle, criticized the films' themes, saying "The pretensions take the form of the central metaphor that compares mutants to people of extraordinary, groundbreaking talent. That metaphor is bogus... The vision at the heart of X-Men - of a golden Utopia in which humans live side by side with mutants - is absurd."[118]

The first two films were highly praised due to their cerebral tone, but when director Bryan Singer left, many criticized his successor Brett Ratner. Colin Colvert of the Star Tribune felt "Bryan Singer's sensitivity to [the discrimination themes] made the first two X-Men films surprisingly resonant and soulful for comic-based summer extravaganzas... Singer is adept at juggling large casts of three-dimensional characters, Ratner makes shallow, unimaginative bang-ups."[119] James Berardinelli felt, "X-Men: The Last Stand isn't as taut or satisfying as X-Men 2, but it's better constructed and better paced than the original X-Men. The differences in quality between the three are minor, however; despite the change in directors, there seems to be a single vision."[120] David Denby of The New Yorker praised "the liquid beauty and the poetic fantasy of Singer’s work", but called Ratner's film "a crude synthesizer of comedy and action tropes."[121]

The X-Men films received good reviews from fans of the comic books, but there was criticism of the large cast, and the limited screentime for all of them. Richard George of IGN praised the depictions of Wolverine, Professor X, Magneto, Jean Grey, Storm, William Stryker, Mystique, Beast and Nightcrawler. However, George felt many of the younger X-Men characters, such as Rogue, Iceman, Pyro, and Kitty Pryde were "adjectiveless teenager[s]", and was disappointed by Cyclops' characterization. He observed the filmmakers were "big fans of silent henchmen", due to the small roles of the various villainous mutants; such as Lady Deathstrike. George felt that the success of X-Men "paved the way for other hits like the Spider-Man series, Fantastic Four, V for Vendetta and Singer's own adaptation of Superman."[122] Spider-Man director Sam Raimi said he was a fan of the series, particularly Singer's films.[123] Film historian Kim Newman also tonally compared Batman Begins to Singer's films.[124]

Tie-in material

On June 1, 2000, Marvel published a comic book prequel to X-Men, titled X-Men: Beginnings, revealing the backstories of Magneto, Rogue and Wolverine.[125] There was also an adaptation of the film.[126] Marvel also released an adaptation of X2, which also contained prequels detailing Nightcrawler's backstory and Wolverine's time searching for Alkali Lake.[127] Del Rey Books also published novelizations of the three films. The latter two were written by Chris Claremont.[128][129][130] In 2006, X-Men: The Official Game was released, which was set between X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand.[131]

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