'X-Men' Franchise Hits $3 Billion in Global Ticket Sales
The milestone was reached thanks to Bryan Singer’s summer tentpole “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” which is on the verge of becoming the top-grossing film of the year to date.
By Pamela McClintock
Fox and Marvel’s X-Men franchise has become a $3 billion baby.
The latest outing in the superhero franchise, Bryan Singer 's X-Men: Days of Future Past , hit $702.2 million in global ticket sales on Tuesday, pushing the combined total gross of the seven films to $3.003 billion.
Internationally, the franchise total is $1.7 billion, while the domestic cume is $1.3 billion.
Days of Future Past, combining the casts of the the first X-Men installments and X-Men: First Class, has quickly become the top-grossing title in the series. It’s also on the verge of becoming the top-grossing film of the year to date, eclipsing the $703.2 million earned by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the $710.7 grossed by Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The movie’s cast is led by Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
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Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films returned to direct Days of Future Past. He produced the $200 million-plus tentpole alongside Lauren Shuler Donner, screenwriter Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker.
The previous best was X-Men: The Last Stand, which earned $457.4 million worldwide.
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