Dark Phoenix flops at the box office X-Men – how did the other 12 X-Men films do?
Here’s how Dark Phoenix – one of the most expensive X-Men films made – compares to all 12 films in the series
Dark Phoenix is officially a box-office bomb with the lowest opening in X-Men franchise history (US$33 million in the US). It cost US$200 million to make, also making it one of the most expensive movies in the series, behind only X-Men: The Last Stand.
We looked at the box office of every X-Men movie — from 2000’s X-Men to last year’s Deadpool 2 — and the opening for Dark Phoenix isn’t only the worst in the series, it's the worst by a wide margin, even before adjusting for inflation.
But there's hope for the future. After the Disney-Fox merger, Marvel's mutants are expected to be introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there's still the successful Deadpool series.
Below are all 12 X-Men movies, ranked by opening-weekend performance in the US (adjusted for inflation). We also included the domestic and worldwide totals (via Box Office Mojo), along with each movie’s production budget (via IMDB Pro).
12. Dark Phoenix (2019)
Opening: US$32.8 million
Domestic (so far): US$32.8 million
Worldwide (so far): US$136.5 million
Budget: US$200 million
11. The Wolverine (2013)