ROTTEN TOMATOES: Box Office: "X-Men 3" Grossed $44.5M on Friday Comments

Box Office: "X-Men 3" Grossed $44.5M on Friday

by Senh Duong | May 27, 2006

Summary

According to Showbizdata.com, the latest installment of the "X-Men" franchise "X-Men: The Last Stand" grossed a staggering $44.5M on Friday. The worst reviewed of series, it's the best opening day performance for the lucrative franchise, easily passing the $32M made by the previous film "X2: X-Men United." Back to Article

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brs27 writes:
on May 27 2006 10:15 AM

[b]Good Job X-Men!![/b]
I hope Superman achieves the same success!!

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n_cruz69 writes:
on May 27 2006 10:44 AM

Wow, that was a lot more than i espected, it easily beat Da Vinci Code's Friday total of 30 million, which i thought was huge.

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hugz4thugz writes:
on May 27 2006 10:57 AM

I hope X3 takes the title to shut up all the haters! Booyah bitches!

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ShasR writes:
on May 27 2006 11:08 AM

[b]WOW[/b]
This movie opened bigger than Harry Potter 4 back in November 2005, that's how huge it is. I think it has a very good chance of breaking the Spiderman opening record. Finally... If anyone had to get that title, I'm glad its Xmen, the movies have been fantastic. But you can bet Spiderman3 is gonna come back for the title if Xmen3 does break it. What a send-off for Xmen!!

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foolofatook writes:
on May 27 2006 12:32 PM

... Wow.

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my nine inches writes:
on May 27 2006 12:36 PM

[b]damn....[/b]
over 40 in one day thats increadible ......i think superman returns is gonna have the same success...... what a way to send off the franchise

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lovelykeira writes:
on May 27 2006 12:43 PM

Hell yea, lets see how long before number 4 shows up with this one making that much, and the Wolverine movie will definitely be put on the fast track now. I liked it, I did think that it was the worst of the three, but it was still good, one of the best films of the year so far. So all the Ratner haters can shut up, because he has proven them wrong, he did not ruin X-Men. Sure some of the charicters didn't get enough screen time, and I could have done with alot less of the charicters being killed off, but it was still a fun time at the movies. The most intense scene of the movie was definitely the one at Jean Grey's house. And the end blip after the end credits was interesting.

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kishor197 writes:
on May 27 2006 12:58 PM

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[b]No way Superman's gonna repeat this[/b]
X-men is a well established franchise... Superman is returning from a dead series... I hope it does'nt pull off another King Kong... which merely made back its budget (domestically) after the Hype and all...

X-Men: The Last Stand Rocks... I sure hope makes more than $130M this weekend

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darcko writes:
on May 27 2006 02:07 PM

Superman, at best I think, will have numbers similar to Batman Begins. After two dead entries to the series, and the fact that it's been about two decades since the last one, I just don't see how it can pull off a Spiderman-ish opening weekend number (at least in the N. American market). And I like Superman far more than Spiderman =/

I like X-Men more than Spiderman also so I'm pretty happy with this Friday number. I'm even more happy that theatre-goers/fanboys have been seemingly unfazed by bad critic reviews, which seem to imply that the only reason why the movie's bad is because the first two are good...

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Dr.Zoidberg writes:
on May 27 2006 02:07 PM

OMG i just realized depending on how X3 does at the box office overall ian mckellen could be the highest grossing at the box office
All 3 Lotrs and X3 thats like 1.5 billion possibly
sameul jackson is like 1.4 billion right?

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The Senhman writes:
on May 27 2006 02:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#836796)
That's true. The guy's a franchise whore :)

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darcko writes:
on May 27 2006 02:19 PM

Don't forget Orlando Bloom with his Pirates =/

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tyler8186 writes:
on May 27 2006 02:22 PM

So. Tell me how Ratner has proved us wrong?

I'm sick of idiots claiming that somehow a big boxoffice has proved their movie's worth.

The same thing happened after Da Vinci Code. It sucks, but it made alot opening weekend. So of course someone who liked it would post "TAKE THAT HATERS!"

i'm begining to hate the world.

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tyler8186 writes:
on May 27 2006 02:26 PM

by the way, how was the movie "a war to end all wars"?

SPOILER

didn't the last battle only have around 100 mutants vs some marginal army force?
war to end all wars?
i went into the movie with low expectations and was further dissapointed

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darcko writes:
on May 27 2006 02:42 PM

In my opinion, the final battle scene is just that, a battle and not the war Neto always talked about.

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JoeMovieTack writes:
on May 27 2006 02:46 PM

[b]I actually thought it was pretty entertaining[/b]
So this is good news to me!
You can read my user review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?s=&journalid=266221&action=view&view=public#327974

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loudharley writes:
on May 27 2006 03:17 PM

I thought the movie was very entertaining and i loved the nonstop action and special effects.This movie is what summer blockbusters are suppose to be and im glad to see that its doing well.

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HoneycombSAFARI writes:
on May 27 2006 04:40 PM

a wolverine movie? he's nowhere near as interesting as some of the other characters. Now, i would pay to see a Mystique movie. She's got a whole lotta back story to her, especially her lesbian love affair and her son nightcrawler

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nogard64 writes:
on May 27 2006 07:01 PM

Nacho Libre will destroy all records and own all!

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darcko writes:
on May 27 2006 07:05 PM

In reply to this comment (#836804)
I think it's because the first two X-Men films centered on him too much that a new movie solely about him kinda takes out the mystery, like how it might look like and such.

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zbbrox writes:
on May 27 2006 09:07 PM

[b]Huh[/b]
Well. On one level, I'm glad to see an X-Flick doing these kinds of numbers. The better it does, the better for Marvel, the better for the series, the better for superhero movies in general.

On the other hand, it *does* kinda tick me off to see this movie pulling this kind money when it's by far the least of the series. I liked it, but there are *so many* bad moments, flat lines, melodramatic cutaways, overwrought crescendos... And so many characters that are just written wrong. Not to mention that the ostensible heroes are pretty much terrible hypocrites at the end. *And* the ending cheats! Damn it.

I'm glad it's doing well, but I hope Spidey-3 kicks its ass next year.

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bgniewek writes:
on May 27 2006 09:10 PM

Hopefully more people see it. I didn't see to many sell outs for Sat. I just hope that it doesn't get hit to hard today and take a big drop. If you haven't seen it, then get out there and see it. Help it make more than Spiderman.

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utti writes:
on May 27 2006 10:15 PM

In reply to this comment (#836807)
I think one of the major reasons that this movie is doing well (at least on opening weekend) is that X2 was good enough to get people really excited about its sequel X3. Kind of like Phantom Menace, which grossed the most of the new Star Wars trilogy but is generally regarded as the worst of the 3.

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suzakucarl writes:
on May 28 2006 02:46 AM

[b]WOW!! X-Men 3 EXCELLENT Job!! You're a GOD!! ^_^[/b]
X-Men 3 is the BEST! You really deserve it! Keep up the good work!! Love ya!! =)

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phranq writes:
on May 28 2006 02:54 AM

[b]The TOP 5 "REAL" Reasons!!![/b]

I just saw it. Big X Man fan... Enjoyed the movie.

HOWEVER!!!

For the simplistic comment earlier, "So all the Ratner haters can shut up, because he has proven them wrong, he did not ruin X-Men."
COME ON!!

TOP 5 Reasons XMEN 3 kicked A$$ Friday (and presumed weekend):

5 - CURIOSITY: People want to see how the last of the 'trilogy' ends

4 - HIPPOCRITICAL FANBOYS : WHY?! They are always aware and CONCERNED over production quality issues (this time Ratner-Gate). So first they complain all forum long at RT or AICN, THEN spend their money to see it anyway... on OPENING DAY NO LESS!!!!!!! Therefore whiny fanboys REINFORCE this to Hollywood to keep making cr&p decisions (Doom, Daredevil, AVP, etc...).

3 - COAT TAILS!! : Most people who went to see it had NO idea about the director issue... and certainly did NOT go to it because they heard it was a "Ratner" film! It was the coat tails of the hard work of MANY before... from Stewart, Singer, all the way to Stan The Man and Kirby. NOT RATNER! Word of mouth has not even had the time to start!

2 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! : It was the first "real" summer movie since it opened on Memorial day weekend instead of weeks BEFORE it! Hence it allowed for schools to end session and all. STAR WARS Episode 3 can break records earlier in MAY ... but "I must say Senator; MI:3 is NO Revenge of the Sith!". The proof is in the numbers.

1 - AND THE ANSWER IS: .......THE reason XMEN3 took off at over 40 M in one day................
There was NOTHING else BETTER to see!!! Tom "CHEF must QUIT" Cruise?!.... Posiedon?! .... Da Vinci 'Bore'?! ....
So far from idea depleted, focus grouped Hollywood, a Bret Ratner directed second sequel to a comic book movie has a top 3 opening gross in history!?!?!?!?!?!?! Come ON PEOPLE!

More precisely, COME ON HOLLYWOOD!!! WAKE UP!!!

Again, Ratner did a very respectable job as a fill in 'puppet' director and XMEN is a great concept and franchise. However lets stand back and understand WHERE and WHY the numbers are.

OUT.

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tyler8186 writes:
on May 28 2006 04:44 AM

Mission Impossible 3 was a better film than X3, sad to say

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dracus writes:
on May 28 2006 07:47 AM

I think the reason it's doing so well is simple; it's finally giving us what we've been waiting to see since the first movie; a slew of mutants going freaking nuts and kicking ass!

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Aoiboy writes:
on May 28 2006 08:29 AM

I'm glad the movie is making so much money, and hopefully this will mean that the so called "trilogy" will continue in the Wolverine spinoff or new Xmovies (I just can't get enough of these characters). We all know this was never supposed to be a trilogy, as the LOTR movies or the Star Wars prequels were, and the ending scene and bonus scene reinforce that.

Anyway, I agree with many here on X3 being the weakest chapter of the trilogy and with the critics saying that the important social issues that the Xcomics and previous Xmovies have always underlined were not as developed in this chapter as in the previous installments, which have undoubtedly been some of the best comic-to-film transitions on celluloid. But I don't blame Ratner. He actually surprised me from the teaser trailer on, and I think he did a great job. If this movie is not as good as the previous it is because IT WAS RUSHED UP: the script suffered from the decision of Hollywood honchos yelling out "we need a blockbuster for memorial day and X3 is due !!", so instead of waiting for the team of the previous movies, they renewed it with people not as talented and there you have it... a lesser movie that is great entertainment but pales in comparison with the others. So if somebody is bitter that the movie didn't match their expectations, don't blame Ratner, but the honchos that prefer quick dollars to artistic merits and social relevance of their work...

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on May 28 2006 08:42 AM

It is not the end of the franchise. This may be just the beginning. The future of this series depended on this opening weekend and, as we can see, it will be a great gross. They were smart to end the movie on a cliffhanger so they could revive the series at any time. Stay till after the credits and you'll know what i mean.

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Darth Nevets writes:
on May 28 2006 09:43 AM

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4. He's right. Why, what a world! I'm melting!

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cgcbooks writes:
on May 28 2006 12:06 PM

It took a big drop on Saturday. Final gross should be 200 mil.

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wakeofinsanity writes:
on May 28 2006 12:12 PM

In reply to this comment (#836817)
uh try at least 300 million... maybe.

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hugz4thugz writes:
on May 28 2006 05:43 PM

In reply to this comment (#836799)
The haters I'm talking about are the ones who were screaming about how Ratner needed to be strung up and about how X3 sucked when the movie HADNT EVEN COME OUT YET. It had nothing to do with the boxoffice validation, well I guess it kinda did. So yes "TAKE THAT HATERS!"
Oh and dont worry cause the world hates you too

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 30 2006 11:50 AM

X-3 was definetely the worst of the series. Let's all just accept that. Better action, but not the best movie. I guess that signing up for memebership in the brotherhood required one to wear black leather, dress like a transvestite, and get weird tatoos on odd parts of the body. And porcupine-boy was laughable. He has to hug people for his 'power' to be usefull. Unless he wants to roast a whole buttload of marshmellows.

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hugz4thugz writes:
on Jun 01 2006 10:59 PM

I like marshmallows! Especially ones that are burnt black on the outside and gooey and delicous on the inside. mmmmm

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