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X2: X-Men UnitedFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

The time has come for those who are different to stand united.

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3.44

7.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$85.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$214.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$406.30M

$191.40M international

Domestic legs2.51x

Budget$110M

2003 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Singer filmography

Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer Director

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart Starring

James Marsden

James Marsden Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

ScreenplayDavid Hayter, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel MusicJohn Ottman Studio20th Century Fox SeriesX-Men

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 2-4 1 $85.6M — 3,741 $22,870 $85.6M

2 May 9-11 1 $40.0M −53.2% 3,749 $10,678 $147.7M

3 May 16-18 3 $17.3M −56.8% 3,490 $4,957 $174.2M

4 May 23-25 4 $10.5M −39.3% 3,067 $3,423 $189.5M

5 May 30-Jun 1 7 $5.1M −51.5% 2,530 $2,014 $199.4M

6 Jun 6-8 7 $3.0M −41.0% 2,050 $1,466 $204.3M

7 Jun 13-15 10 $1.7M −42.1% 1,316 $1,322 $207.3M

8 Jun 20-22 12 $1.4M −22.4% 1,301 $1,038 $209.6M

9 Jun 27-29 15 $932.2K −31.0% 1,150 $810 $211.3M

10 Jul 4-6 14 $1.1M +22.7% 1,100 $1,039 $213.1M

11 Jul 11-13 24 $217.6K −81.0% 248 $877 $213.9M

12 Jul 18-20 27 $174.0K −20.0% 192 $906 $214.2M

13 Jul 25-27 32 $118.1K −32.1% 155 $762 $214.4M

14 Aug 1-3 36 $102.7K −13.1% 133 $772 $214.6M

15 Aug 8-10 43 $72.8K −29.1% 115 $633 $214.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 2 #1 $31.2M — $31.2M 3,741 $8,353 1

Sat May 3 #1 $32.0M +2% $63.2M 3,741 $8,554 2

Sun May 4 #1 $22.3M −30% $85.6M 3,741 $5,964 3

Mon May 5 #1 $6.5M −71% $92.1M 3,741 $1,751 4

Tue May 6 #1 $6.0M −8% $98.1M 3,741 $1,614 5

Wed May 7 #1 $4.9M −19% $103.0M 3,741 $1,309 6

Thu May 8 #1 $4.6M −6% $107.6M 3,741 $1,230 7

Fri May 9 #1 $12.4M +169% −60% $120.0M 3,749 $3,300 8

Sat May 10 #1 $17.1M +38% −47% $137.1M 3,749 $4,563 9

Sun May 11 #1 $10.6M −38% −53% $147.7M 3,749 $2,814 10

Mon May 12 #1 $3.0M −72% −54% $150.7M 3,749 $801 11

Tue May 13 #1 $2.9M −5% −53% $153.5M 3,749 $762 12

Wed May 14 #1 $2.0M −29% −58% $155.3M 3,749 $544 13

Thu May 15 #2 $1.6M −23% −66% $156.9M 3,749 $418 14

Fri May 16 #2 $5.0M +221% −59% $161.2M 3,489 $1,440 15

Sat May 17 #3 $7.5M +49% −56% $169.4M 3,490 $2,145 16

Sun May 18 #3 $4.8M −36% −54% $174.2M 3,490 $1,379 17

Mon May 19 #2 $1.4M −72% −55% $175.5M 3,490 $390 18

Tue May 20 #2 $1.1M −19% −61% $176.6M 3,490 $317 19

Wed May 21 #2 $1.1M −3% −47% $177.7M 3,490 $307 20

Thu May 22 #2 $1.2M +17% −20% $179.0M 3,490 $358 21

Fri May 23 #4 $2.6M +111% −47% $181.6M 3,472 $761 22

Sat May 24 #4 $4.0M +50% −47% $185.4M 3,472 $1,142 23

Sun May 25 #4 $3.6M −9% −25% $189.5M 3,067 $1,172 24

Mon May 26 #4 $2.7M −24% +101% $192.2M 3,067 $893 25

Tue May 27 #3 $721.0K −74% −35% $192.9M 3,067 $235 26

Wed May 28 #3 $668.0K −7% −38% $193.6M 3,067 $218 27

Thu May 29 #3 $681.0K +2% −45% $194.3M 3,067 $222 28

Fri May 30 #7 $1.4M +101% −48% $195.6M 2,530 $540 29

Sat May 31 #6 $2.2M +64% −44% $197.9M 2,530 $884 30

Sun Jun 1 #6 $1.5M −33% −58% $199.4M 2,530 $591 31

Mon Jun 2 #6 $452.0K −70% −83% $199.8M 2,530 $179 32

Tue Jun 3 #7 $505.0K +12% −30% $200.3M 2,530 $200 33

Wed Jun 4 #6 $460.0K −9% −31% $200.8M 2,533 $182 34

Thu Jun 5 #6 $474.0K +3% −30% $201.3M 2,533 $187 35

Fri Jun 6 #7 $843.5K +78% −38% $202.1M 2,050 $411 36

Sat Jun 7 #7 $1.3M +55% −42% $203.4M 2,050 $637 37

Sun Jun 8 #7 $856.8K −34% −43% $204.3M 2,050 $418 38

Mon Jun 9 #8 $306.0K −64% −32% $204.6M 2,050 $149 39

Tue Jun 10 #8 $327.0K +7% −35% $204.9M 2,050 $160 40

Wed Jun 11 #8 $315.0K −4% −32% $205.2M 2,050 $154 41

Thu Jun 12 #7 $354.0K +12% −25% $205.6M 2,050 $173 42

Fri Jun 13 #10 $482.0K +36% −43% $206.0M 1,316 $366 43

Sat Jun 14 #10 $689.0K +43% −47% $206.7M 1,316 $524 44

Sun Jun 15 #10 $569.0K −17% −34% $207.3M 1,316 $432 45

Mon Jun 16 #10 $221.0K −61% −28% $207.5M 1,316 $168 46

Tue Jun 17 #10 $242.0K +10% −26% $207.8M 1,316 $184 47

Wed Jun 18 #10 $256.0K +6% −19% $208.0M 1,316 $195 48

Thu Jun 19 #10 $253.0K −1% −29% $208.3M 1,316 $192 49

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

Cumulative total$208.3M

May 2May 14May 26Jun 7Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$85.6M

$40.0M

$17.3M

$10.5M

$5.1M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$1.4M

$932.2K

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,749 → 1,316 −64.9%

3,741 open1,316 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +22.7%

−53.2%

W1→2

−56.8%

W2→3

−39.3%

W3→4

−51.5%

W4→5

−41.0%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−22.4%

W7→8

−31.0%

W8→9

+22.7%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Biggest gain +22.7%

Run milestones

$200M in 33 days

$100M

Day 6

May 7

$200M

Day 33

Jun 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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