Dark Phoenix Has Lowest-Grossing Opening Weekend Box Office of Any X-Men Movie - IGN

The final X-Men movie ends the franchise on a low note.

By Jim Vejvoda

While there's still one more X-related movie, The New Mutants, left for release next year, the critically savaged Dark Phoenix ended the current X-Men film franchise with a box office whimper, suffering the series' lowest-ever opening weekend with an estimated $33 million. It debuted in second place behind The Secret Life of Pets 2, which opened in first place with an estimated $47.1 million.

Dark Phoenix's haul is even less than the franchise's previous lowest-grossing opening weekends, The Wolverine ($53.1 million) and the first X-Men ($54.5 million).

The highest-grossing opening for a movie in the X-Men universe is Deadpool with $132.4 million, while the biggest debut for a strictly X-Men movie is The :Last Stand with $102.8 million.

It should be noted that last year's Once Upon a Deadpool -- a PG-13 re-cut of Deadpool 2 -- opened in limited release in just 1,566 theaters with $2.7 million, but its grosses were added to Deadpool 2's domestic total.

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Here is the full list of opening weekend box office grosses for every movie in the X-Men franchise (figures via Box Office Mojo):

• 1. Deadpool $132,434,639
• 2. Deadpool 2 $125,507,153
• 3. X-Men: The Last Stand $102,750,665
• 4. X-Men: Days of Future Past $90,823,660
• 5. Logan $88,411,916
• 6. X2: X-Men United $85,558,731
• 7. X-Men Origins: Wolverine $85,058,003
• 8. X-Men: Apocalypse $65,769,562
• 9. X-Men: First Class $55,101,604
• 10. X-Men $54,471,475
• 11. The Wolverine $53,113,752
• 12. Dark Phoenix $33,000,000

As Variety reports, given Dark Phoenix's $200 million price tag, the Marvel Comics adaptation will need to soar overseas if it's going to end up profitable. So far, it's earned $107 million internationally for a worldwide total of $140 million.

For more on Dark Phoenix, learn the spoilery truth about Jessica Chastain's villain, check out the X-Men movies' last great Easter egg, all the WTF questions the movie left us with, ponder why the X-Men never seem to age, read or watch our review, catch up on every X-Men movie Rotten Tomatoes score, get the lowdown on the comics' Dark Phoenix saga, find out how the X-Men franchise paved the way for the MCU, watch the cast respond to IGN comments and see Sophie Turner MadLib her way through the film's plot.

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https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/09/x-men-movies-box-office-opening-weekend

2019-06-09 17:10:19Z
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