Thanks to CBM's own superdog for the heads up!
Filmonic report that Matthew Vaughn's critically acclaimed contribution to the
X-Men franchise is set to make around $120 million worldwide during it’s opening weekend. The official numbers won't actually be available until early next week, but it's currently believed that
X-Men: First Class brought in roughly $56 million at the US box office and $64 million elsewhere from 74 territories.
"The movie really excelled in successfully launching a brand new chapter in the X-Men franchise, or new beginning if you will," Fox senior vice president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson said.
The fact that the movie opened on a Wednesday internationally is bound to have helped these figures, and with a budget of $160 million, it's looking likely that the movie will make a tidy profit which will surely ensure a sequel.
Starring James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr, Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme, Lucas Till as Alex Summers/Havok, Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy/Banshee, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, Oliver Platt as the Man in Black, Jason Flemyng as Azazel and Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggart,
X-Men: First Class is out now!
Check out my 5* review of X-Men: First Class by clicking HERE!
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