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X-Men: First ClassFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Action, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

Witness the moment that will change our world.

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65

3.60

7.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$55.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$146.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$355.40M

$209.00M international

Domestic legs2.66x

Budget$160M

2011 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Vaughn filmography

Matthew Vaughn

Matthew Vaughn Director

James McAvoy

James McAvoy Starring

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne Starring

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Vaughn, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Ashley Miller Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Gregory Goodman CinematographyJohn Mathieson MusicHenry Jackman Studio20th Century Fox SeriesX-Men

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 3-5 1 $55.1M — 3,641 $15,133 $55.1M

2 Jun 10-12 2 $24.1M −56.2% 3,692 $6,535 $98.0M

3 Jun 17-19 4 $11.9M −50.5% 3,375 $3,535 $120.4M

4 Jun 24-26 6 $6.7M −44.0% 2,633 $2,537 $132.9M

5 Jul 1-3 11 $3.0M −55.8% 1,602 $1,842 $138.7M

6 Jul 8-10 13 $1.5M −50.1% 847 $1,739 $142.1M

7 Jul 15-17 16 $635.6K −56.9% 470 $1,352 $143.5M

8 Jul 22-24 20 $348.0K −45.2% 295 $1,179 $144.2M

9 Jul 29-31 23 $287.5K −17.4% 254 $1,131 $144.7M

10 Aug 5-7 20 $369.6K +28.5% 236 $1,565 $145.3M

11 Aug 12-14 31 $187.8K −49.2% 183 $1,026 $145.7M

12 Aug 19-21 35 $131.7K −29.9% 146 $901 $145.9M

13 Aug 26-28 37 $113.5K −13.8% 110 $1,032 $146.1M

14 Sep 2-4 43 $107.4K −5.4% 101 $1,062 $146.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 2 $3.4M — $3.4M — — -1

Fri Jun 3 #1 $21.4M — $21.4M 3,641 $5,877 1

Sat Jun 4 #1 $19.7M −8% $41.1M 3,641 $5,414 2

Sun Jun 5 #1 $14.0M −29% $55.1M 3,641 $3,842 3

Mon Jun 6 #1 $5.5M −61% $60.6M 3,641 $1,497 4

Tue Jun 7 #1 $5.1M −7% $65.6M 3,641 $1,393 5

Wed Jun 8 #1 $4.2M −16% $69.9M 3,641 $1,163 6

Thu Jun 9 #1 $4.0M −5% $73.9M 3,641 $1,106 7

Fri Jun 10 #2 $7.5M +87% −65% $81.4M 3,692 $2,038 8

Sat Jun 11 #2 $10.0M +33% −49% $91.4M 3,692 $2,716 9

Sun Jun 12 #2 $6.6M −34% −53% $98.0M 3,692 $1,781 10

Mon Jun 13 #2 $2.7M −59% −50% $100.8M 3,692 $738 11

Tue Jun 14 #2 $3.0M +9% −42% $103.7M 3,692 $804 12

Wed Jun 15 #2 $2.3M −22% −45% $106.0M 3,692 $628 13

Thu Jun 16 #2 $2.4M +3% −41% $108.4M 3,692 $646 14

Fri Jun 17 #4 $3.4M +43% −55% $111.8M 3,375 $1,008 15

Sat Jun 18 #4 $4.5M +31% −56% $116.3M 3,375 $1,319 16

Sun Jun 19 #4 $4.1M −8% −38% $120.4M 3,375 $1,208 17

Mon Jun 20 #4 $1.5M −64% −46% $121.8M 3,375 $433 18

Tue Jun 21 #4 $1.6M +8% −47% $123.4M 3,375 $467 19

Wed Jun 22 #4 $1.4M −12% −40% $124.8M 3,375 $411 20

Thu Jun 23 #5 $1.4M +3% −40% $126.2M 3,375 $423 21

Fri Jun 24 #6 $2.1M +48% −38% $128.3M 2,633 $801 22

Sat Jun 25 #6 $2.7M +26% −40% $131.0M 2,633 $1,006 23

Sun Jun 26 #6 $1.9M −28% −53% $132.9M 2,633 $728 24

Mon Jun 27 #6 $859.0K −55% −41% $133.8M 2,633 $326 25

Tue Jun 28 #7 $873.7K +2% −45% $134.6M 2,633 $331 26

Wed Jun 29 #9 $525.6K −40% −62% $135.2M 2,023 $259 27

Thu Jun 30 #8 $558.1K +6% −61% $135.7M 2,023 $275 28

Fri Jul 1 #10 $837.2K +50% −60% $136.5M 1,602 $522 29

Sat Jul 2 #10 $1.1M +27% −60% $137.6M 1,602 $664 30

Sun Jul 3 #10 $1.0M −2% −45% $138.7M 1,602 $654 31

Mon Jul 4 #11 $666.7K −36% −22% $139.3M 1,602 $416 32

Tue Jul 5 #10 $464.8K −30% −47% $139.8M 1,602 $290 33

Wed Jul 6 #11 $408.0K −12% −22% $140.2M 1,602 $254 34

Thu Jul 7 #11 $414.6K +2% −26% $140.6M 1,602 $258 35

Fri Jul 8 $446.9K +8% −47% $141.1M 847 $527 36

Sat Jul 9 $593.3K +33% −44% $141.7M 847 $700 37

Sun Jul 10 $433.2K −27% −59% $142.1M 847 $511 38

Mon Jul 11 #13 $194.4K −55% −71% $142.3M 847 $229 39

Tue Jul 12 #13 $213.5K +10% −54% $142.5M 847 $252 40

Wed Jul 13 #13 $177.2K −17% −57% $142.7M 847 $209 41

Thu Jul 14 #13 $145.1K −18% −65% $142.8M 847 $171 42

Fri Jul 15 $184.2K +27% −59% $143.0M 470 $391 43

Sat Jul 16 $260.8K +42% −56% $143.3M 470 $554 44

Sun Jul 17 $190.6K −27% −56% $143.5M 470 $405 45

Mon Jul 18 $97.9K −49% −50% $143.6M 470 $208 46

Tue Jul 19 $108.6K +11% −49% $143.7M 470 $231 47

Wed Jul 20 $98.2K −10% −45% $143.8M 470 $208 48

Thu Jul 21 $101.8K +4% −30% $143.9M 470 $216 49

Fri Jul 22 $108.7K +7% −41% $144.0M 295 $368 50

Sat Jul 23 $138.5K +27% −47% $144.1M 295 $469 51

Sun Jul 24 $100.8K −27% −47% $144.2M 295 $341 52

Mon Jul 25 $55.0K −45% −44% $144.3M 295 $186 53

Tue Jul 26 $62.4K +13% −43% $144.3M 295 $211 54

Wed Jul 27 $55.0K −12% −44% $144.4M 295 $186 55

Thu Jul 28 $53.5K −3% −47% $144.4M 295 $181 56

Fri Jul 29 $86.1K +61% −21% $144.5M 254 $339 57

Sat Jul 30 $114.1K +32% −18% $144.6M 254 $449 58

Sun Jul 31 $87.3K −23% −13% $144.7M 254 $343 59

Mon Aug 1 $49.3K −43% −10% $144.8M 254 $194 60

Tue Aug 2 $52.6K +7% −16% $144.8M 254 $206 61

Wed Aug 3 $50.3K −4% −9% $144.9M 254 $198 62

Thu Aug 4 $46.7K −7% −13% $144.9M 254 $184 63

Fri Aug 5 $127.8K +173% +48% $145.1M 235 $543 64

Sat Aug 6 $149.9K +17% +31% $145.2M 235 $637 65

Sun Aug 7 $91.9K −39% +5% $145.3M 235 $390 66

Mon Aug 8 $54.2K −41% +10% $145.3M 235 $230 67

Tue Aug 9 $57.5K +6% +9% $145.4M 235 $244 68

Wed Aug 10 $46.4K −19% −8% $145.5M 235 $197 69

Thu Aug 11 $50.3K +8% +8% $145.5M 235 $213 70

Fri Aug 12 $58.5K +16% −54% $145.6M 183 $319 71

Sat Aug 13 $76.9K +31% −49% $145.6M 183 $420 72

Sun Aug 14 $52.4K −32% −43% $145.7M 183 $286 73

Mon Aug 15 $28.9K −45% −47% $145.7M 183 $157 74

Tue Aug 16 $34.7K +20% −40% $145.8M 183 $189 75

Wed Aug 17 $28.2K −19% −39% $145.8M 183 $154 76

Thu Aug 18 $27.7K −2% −45% $145.8M 183 $151 77

Fri Aug 19 $41.2K +48% −30% $145.8M 146 $281 78

Sat Aug 20 $54.7K +33% −29% $145.9M 146 $374 79

Sun Aug 21 $35.8K −34% −32% $145.9M 146 $245 80

Mon Aug 22 $17.7K −51% −39% $146.0M 146 $121 81

Tue Aug 23 $19.7K +11% −43% $146.0M 146 $134 82

Wed Aug 24 $16.1K −18% −43% $146.0M 146 $110 83

Thu Aug 25 $16.9K +5% −39% $146.0M 146 $115 84

Fri Aug 26 $33.5K +99% −18% $146.0M 110 $304 85

Sat Aug 27 $49.5K +48% −9% $146.1M 110 $450 86

Sun Aug 28 $30.5K −38% −15% $146.1M 110 $276 87

Mon Aug 29 $12.5K −59% −29% $146.1M 110 $113 88

Tue Aug 30 $11.7K −7% −41% $146.1M 110 $105 89

Wed Aug 31 $9.7K −17% −40% $146.2M 110 $87 90

Thu Sep 1 $12.5K +29% −26% $146.2M 110 $113 91

Fri Sep 2 $26.3K +110% −22% $146.2M 101 $260 92

Sat Sep 3 $37.9K +44% −23% $146.2M 101 $375 93

Sun Sep 4 $43.2K +14% +42% $146.3M 101 $427 94

Mon Sep 5 #49 $22.6K −48% +81% $146.3M 101 $224 95

Tue Sep 6 $6.2K −72% −46% $146.3M 101 $61 96

Wed Sep 7 $5.8K −7% −40% $146.3M 101 $57 97

Thu Sep 8 $5.8K n/c −53% $146.3M 101 $57 98

Fri Sep 9 $12.0K +106% −54% $146.3M 67 $179 99

Sat Sep 10 $18.5K +54% −51% $146.3M 67 $276 100

Sun Sep 11 $9.7K −48% −78% $146.4M 67 $144 101

Mon Sep 12 $3.8K −61% −83% $146.4M 67 $56 102

Tue Sep 13 $3.7K −2% −41% $146.4M 67 $55 103

Wed Sep 14 $3.5K −6% −40% $146.4M 67 $51 104

Thu Sep 15 $3.8K +8% −36% $146.4M 67 $55 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$145.5M

Jun 2Jun 20Jul 7Jul 25Aug 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $369.6K

$55.1M

$24.1M

$11.9M

$6.7M

$3.0M

$1.5M

$635.6K

$348.0K

$287.5K

$369.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,692 → 235 −93.6%

3,641 open235 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +28.5%

−56.2%

W1→2

−50.5%

W2→3

−44.0%

W3→4

−55.8%

W4→5

−50.1%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

−45.2%

W7→8

−17.4%

W8→9

+28.5%

W9→10

Steepest −56.9%Biggest gain +28.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Jun 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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