Owing to the poor reputation of X-Men Origins: Wolverine along with the absence (almost) of Wolverine in this film, X-Men: First Class opened to a relatively soft $56 million. For comparison the original X-Men opened to $54 million 11 years ago. X-Men: The Last Stand, the series biggest earner, opened to $102 million in 2006. What this means is that X:Men: First Class may struggle to keep the X- Franchise alive in its current form in spite of favorable reviews. Perhaps producers should offer up a true reboot rather than trying to have their cake and eat it too with an in-continuity (kind of) pseudo reboot/prequel without most of the fan favorite mutants.
The opening positions X-Men behind Thor for opening weekend take and places the mutants on a trajectory to finish behind Thor, just like I predicted. Thor scooped up another $4 million lifting its domestic total to $169 million.
The opening positions X-Men behind Thor for opening weekend take and places the mutants on a trajectory to finish behind Thor, just like I predicted. Thor scooped up another $4 million lifting its domestic total to $169 million.
Hopefully word of mouth can help it out. Definitely a much better film than Thor. Or X-3.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of the Thunder God, eh? I heard from some that they thought Thor was better than Iron Man.
ReplyDeleteThis is a shame since First Class was great.
ReplyDeleteI liked it better than Thor. I hope it pulls a Casino Royale, and good word of mouth gives it legs.
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