X-Men
Franchise logo from 2014 to 2020
Based onX-Men
by
Produced by
  • Bryan Singer
  • Lauren Shuler Donner
  • Simon Kinberg
  • Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool films)
Production
companies
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • Bad Hat Harry Productions
  • The Donners' Company
  • Dune Entertainment
  • Flying Glass of Milk Productions
  • 26 Keys Productions
  • Kinberg Genre
  • Seed Productions
  • Maximum Effort
Distributed by20th Century Fox[a]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetTotal (13 films):
$1.735 billion
Box officeTotal (13 films):
$6.093 billion

X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It was produced by 20th Century Fox[a] and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020.

Throughout the 1980s, Marvel embarked on efforts to create film versions of the X-Men stories. After a prolonged development period, Fox purchased the copyrights in 1993 and soon developed a trilogy comprising X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). A succession of films followed the original trilogy, expanding the fictional universe. Plans for a reboot led to the production of prequel films chronicling the X-Men as young people, from X-Men: First Class (2011) to Dark Phoenix (2019). The main films were directed and written by various individuals and feature large ensemble casts of actors. Fox furthermore oversaw the creation of a trio of Wolverine-centric films, two films centering on Deadpool, and The New Mutants (2020) as X-Men spinoffs. In television, the studio produced Legion and The Gifted (both 2017–2019) tangential to the live-action films.

In 2019, The Walt Disney Company purchased Fox in a deal granting Marvel Studios the rights to the X-Men. Films under Disney ownership will be released as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The first of these films, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), combined the MCU and Fox universe within the continuity of a multiverse. X-Men actors feature in supporting roles in the MCU, which will continue up to Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Development of a reboot film is ongoing as of 2025.

The X-Men films are mostly successful and form one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time, grossing over $6 billion worldwide. Critical opinion about the films differ significantly.

20th Century Fox films

Throughout the 1980s, Marvel Comics embarked on efforts to develop a theatrical film about the X-Men, a superhero team of mutants whose stories were the company's most popular to that point.[1] Marvel optioned the film rights to create a live-action adaptation with the Toronto-based animation studio Nelvana.[2] Chris Claremont outlined two proposals between 1982 and 1983; his first outline gave particular focus to Kitty Pryde, while the second pitted the X-Men against the Brotherhood of Mutants within the context of the Cold War.[2] Thereafter, Claremont left to concentrate on other endeavors. Around the time Nelvana finalized a distribution agreement with Orion Pictures, Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas were hired to prepare a treatment.[2] The men wrote several treatments, owing to disputes with the Orion producers over the creative direction, triggering a prolonged development phase. The material increasingly deviated from the comics with each subsequent draft.[2] By 1985, Orion was in financial disarray after all but two films failed to yield profits, unravelling the project's development.[2]

Toward the end of the decade, Marvel entered discussions with James Cameron to produce an X-Men film through a venture with his production company Lightstorm Entertainment.[3] Claremont and X-Men co-creator Stan Lee pitched the idea to Lightstorm producers, but the negotiations collapsed as Cameron had obligations to another Marvel property, Spider-Man, with Carolco Pictures at the time.[4] Marvel spent another nine months soliciting bids for the sale of the X-Men film rights, ending when they arranged 20th Century Fox to purchase the copyrights for $2.6 million in June 1993.[5][6] The success of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) had piqued Hollywood interest in a feature film.[7]

Films U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
X-Men original trilogy
X-Men July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) Bryan Singer David Hayter Tom DeSanto & Bryan Singer Lauren Shuler Donner & Ralph Winter
X2 May 2, 2003 (2003-05-02) Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris & David Hayter Zak Penn, David Hayter & Bryan Singer
X-Men: The Last Stand May 26, 2006 (2006-05-26) Brett Ratner Simon Kinberg & Zak Penn Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter & Avi Arad
X-Men prequel films
X-Men: First Class June 3, 2011 (2011-06-03) Matthew Vaughn Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn Sheldon Turner & Bryan Singer Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg & Gregory Goodman
X-Men: Days of Future Past May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) Bryan Singer Simon Kinberg Jane Goldman, Simon Kinberg & Matthew Vaughn Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg & Hutch Parker
X-Men: Apocalypse May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27) Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
Dark Phoenix June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) Simon Kinberg Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker & Todd Hallowell
Wolverine trilogy
X-Men Origins: Wolverine May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01) Gavin Hood David Benioff & Skip Woods Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Hugh Jackman & John Palermo
The Wolverine July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) James Mangold Mark Bomback & Scott Frank Lauren Shuler Donner & Hutch Parker
Logan March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03) Scott Frank, James Mangold & Michael Green James Mangold Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg & Hutch Parker
Deadpool films
Deadpool February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12) Tim Miller Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg & Ryan Reynolds
Deadpool 2 May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18) David Leitch Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick & Ryan Reynolds
Spin-off
The New Mutants August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28) Josh Boone Josh Boone & Knate Lee Simon Kinberg, Karen Rosenfelt & Lauren Shuler Donner

Original trilogy

X-Men (2000)

Fox began work on X-Men with producer Lauren Shuler Donner in 1994.[8] The studio approached Bryan Singer early in the film's development and, by July 1996, appointed him as director.[8] Singer was apprehensive about directing but was convinced by his producer Tom DeSanto, an avid fan of the comics.[9] Singer was drawn to the X-Men stories because of their portrayal of the mutants' oppression.[9] Fox engaged a number of writers to develop the finished X-Men script, with David Hayter receiving sole credit.[10] The film's ensemble cast comprises twelve actors, including Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Famke Janssen, and James Marsden.[11] Jackman was not Fox's initial casting choice for Wolverine; the studio contracted Dougray Scott in that role until an unforeseen scheduling conflict pertaining to delays in the production of Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) forced the actor to drop out.[12] X-Men follows Wolverine and Rogue's (Paquin) entry into a global conflict between mutant factions led by Charles Xavier (Stewart) and Magneto, supervillain persona of Erik Lehnsherr (McKellen). The film, shot from September 1999 to March 2000 in Toronto, was released in July 2000 and became a surprise success.[13][14]

X2 (2003)

A sequel to X-Men was in development by April 2001.[15] Hayter and Zak Penn produced an early script combining elements of drafts they had written independently.[16] Fox recruited Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris to make revisions to this screenplay; they submitted hundreds of drafts to Singer.[17] The X2 story draws from Claremont's graphic novel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1982).[18] Shooting lasted five months in Vancouver, from June to November 2002.[19] X2 was a trouble-ridden production, and problems were attributed to Singer's escalating dependence on drugs.[8] A confrontation arose when DeSanto urged a pause on filming in response to witnessing Singer inebriated, then another once Fox resumed production the following day, in which the actors threatened to quit.[8] X2 debuted to mostly positive reviews in May 2003 and grossed $407 million at the box office, finishing ninth among the year's highest-grossing films.[20][21]

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Singer was preparing a film treatment for a third film, X-Men: The Last Stand, before resigning to direct Superman Returns (2006) in July 2004.[22][23] Fox proceeded with the release of X-Men: The Last Stand without a director until they offered the role to Matthew Vaughn, having been impressed with his work in the crime thriller Layer Cake (2004).[24][25] Vaughn eventually dropped out and was replaced by Brett Ratner.[26] The screenplay was written by Vaughn, Penn, and Simon Kinberg, though only the latter two received credit for their contributions.[27] They drew inspiration from the multi-issue storylines "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Gifted" for the film plot.[28] After a five month filming period, Fox released X-Men: The Last Stand in May 2006.[29][30] It drew mixed reviews in the media and was 2006's seventh highest-grossing film.[31][32]

Prequel films

X-Men: First Class (2011)

The idea of a spinoff chronicling the original X-Men as young people was first articulated by Donner in 2003.[33] Kinberg pitched a film version of the comic book series X-Men: First Class, which depicts the characters as teenagers.[33][34] Fox envisioned X-Men: First Class as the first of a trilogy of films.[35] Its main story dwells on Xavier (James McAvoy) and Lehnsherr's (Michael Fassbender) relationship as twenty-somethings and the point at which their friendship dissolves.[34][36] The script went through multiple revisions from a succession of writers and incorporated ideas gleaned from an abandoned Magneto spinoff written by Sheldon Turner under David Goyer's direction, igniting a dispute over the distribution of screenwriting credits.[34] In response, a Writers Guild of America (WGA) arbitration credited Turner and Singer, who had supervised an early script by Jamie Moss, as the story's creators.[34] The WGA upheld their ruling when Moss appealed.[37] Singer remained involved in X-Men: First Class as a producer.[38] Fox hired Vaughn as the film's director in May 2010.[39] McAvoy and Fassbender lead a fourteen-actor ensemble cast featuring, among others, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, January Jones, and Nicholas Hoult.[40] The filmmakers shot X-Men: First Class into early 2011.[41] Despite a poor box office prognosis,[42] the film opened to positive reviews in June 2011, finishing the theatrical run with $353 million.[43][44]

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Donner confirmed plans for a sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, in a March 2011 cover story published by Empire.[45] Kinberg returned and became the franchise's primary writer.[46][47] The producers originally hired Vaughn to direct; Singer went into the project as Vaughn's replacement after he left to focus on the creation of Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).[48][49] Kinberg's script borrows from the "Days of Future Past" storyline though features Wolverine time traveling instead of Kitty Pryde (Elliot Page).[50] The filmmakers also used time travel to alter the continuity of events established in X-Men: The Last Stand.[51][52] Fox gave the production a $205 million budget, spending mid-2013 filming X-Men: Days of Future Past in Montreal,[53][54] with reshoots commencing toward the end of the year.[55] Filming was affected by Singer's frequent absences, forcing Kinberg to manage daily operations with Hutch Parker, Newton Thomas Sigel, and John Ottman.[56] The theatrical rollout followed in May 2014.[57] X-Men: Days of Future Past emerged as the sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 with $746 million.[58] At the 87th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Visual Effects.[59]

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Preparation for the follow-up film, titled X-Men: Apocalypse, began months before X-Men: Days of Future Past's 2014 release.[60] Singer was rehired as director, while Fox assigned the responsibility for scriptwriting to Kinberg, Dougherty, and Harris.[61][62] For X-Men: Apocalypse, the filmmakers conceived an X-Men origin story inspired by the 1988 story arc "The Fall of the Mutants", introducing Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), and Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac).[63][64][65] As well, they wanted resolution for narratives about Xavier, Lehnsherr, Mystique (Lawrence), and Beast (Hoult) that began in X-Men: First Class.[66] Principal photography lasted from April to August 2015,[67][68] and X-Men: Apocalypse opened in May 2016 to mixed reviews and a diminished box office take of $543.9 million.[69][70] After the film's release, Singer came under public scrutiny from reports of his conduct, including allegations of rape.[8][71][72]

Dark Phoenix (2019)

Producers had been contemplating a film adapting "The Dark Phoenix Saga" as early as 2003.[73] Largely based on Fox's wishes, they developed the first film version of the story as a subplot for X-Men: The Last Stand, but this treatment was poorly received.[74][75] Kinberg started writing a script for Dark Phoenix in 2016.[76] Fox then ousted Singer for Kinberg as director,[56][71] news of which was confirmed in the media in June 2017.[77] The script portrays an origin story detailing Jean Grey's transformation into the Phoenix, with emphasis on her mental health struggles.[78][79] Dark Phoenix had been imagined as a two-part film; Fox insisted on a single film near the end of pre-production.[56] Shooting occurred from June to October 2017, but reshoots extended the production schedule by a year because the actors had other work commitments.[80] Thus, the studio for a time postponed the exhibition schedule before releasing the film in June 2019.[80] Dark Phoenix was ridiculed by critics and brought Fox a $133 million profit loss, becoming one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.[80][81]

Wolverine trilogy

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

By October 2004, Fox initiated plans for a spinoff exploring Wolverine's origins.[82] The studio hired David Benioff to write the X-Men Origins: Wolverine screenplay,[82] which assembled from a rewrite by Skip Woods and uncredited contributions from David Ayer, James Vanderbilt, and Scott Silver.[83][84][85] Several filmmakers were considered to direct, which Fox eventually assigned to Gavin Hood.[86] Jackman starred and co-produced Wolverine through his production company Seed Productions, earning $20 million.[87][88] The film was shot in New Zealand and Australia beginning in January 2008 and finished in May.[89][90] Critics expressed little enthusiasm upon the film's general release in May 2009 but, having grossed $373 million, Wolverine proved just successful enough to turn a profit.[91][92][93]

The Wolverine (2013)

A sequel, The Wolverine, was commissioned immediately after X-Men Origins: Wolverine's release.[87] Written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback,[94][95] the film sees Wolverine dispatched to Japan to protect Mariko Yashida (Tao Okamoto), heiress of Yashida Industries, from yakuza assassins, in a story based on the four-issue miniseries by Claremont and Frank Miller, Wolverine (1982).[96][97] Fox chose James Mangold as The Wolverine's director from a shortlist of eight filmmakers.[98][99] Production took place in Australia from August to November 2012,[100][101] and following its July 2013 debut, the Rotten Tomatoes consensus noted that the film "is one superhero movie that manages to stay true to the comics while keeping casual viewers entertained".[102] The Wolverine ended the theatrical run grossing $414 million.[103]

Logan (2017)

Logan concludes the Wolverine trilogy and was promoted as Jackman's final performance as Wolverine.[104][105] Mangold once more was tasked with directing.[106] He additionally shares screenwriting credit with Frank and Michael Green, their script depicting a plot derivative of the multi-issue story arc "Old Man Logan", in which an aged Wolverine defends his mutant daughter Laura (Dafne Keen) from a team of cyborg assassins led by Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook).[107][108] Mangold cited Western film, Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and the work of Scottish filmmaker Alexander Mackendrick as significant influences on Logan's creative direction.[104] Fox spent three months on principal photography and released the film to critical acclaim in March 2017.[109][110][111] Come the end of its global rollout, Logan amassed $619.2 million and became the first superhero film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.[112][113]

Deadpool films

Deadpool (2016)

Deadpool originated from a joint venture between Marvel and Artisan Entertainment to adapt no fewer than fifteen Marvel superheroes to film in March 2000.[114] The partnership continued into Lionsgate's takeover of Artisan in 2003, but Lionsgate showed little interest in the contingent of characters they inherited and the film rights soon reverted to Marvel.[115] A Deadpool film remained tentatively planned until Fox approved development in May 2009, allocating $50–59 million for the budget.[116][117] It is visual effects specialist Tim Miller's first feature as director, and follows a script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.[118][119] Ryan Reynolds stars as the titular lead, reprising the role from Wolverine.[116] Filming began in March 2015 and ended in two months.[120] Given its February 2016 release, Deadpool proved popular critically and commercially, grossing an estimated $783 million.[121][122]

Deadpool 2 (2018)

After months of speculation, Fox ordered Deadpool 2 while Deadpool ran in theaters in February 2016.[123][124] Reese and Wernick again worked as the screenwriters, developing the script alongside Reynolds and Drew Goddard as an advisor.[125] However, the studio hired a new director, David Leitch, to replace Miller after he dropped out over creative differences with Reynolds.[126] In the film, Deadpool forms the X-Force to save an orphaned mutant (Julian Dennison) from being captured by Cable (Josh Brolin). Shooting for Deadpool 2 started in June 2017, and the film was in production for five months until that October.[127] By the time it opened in May 2018, the film repeated the success of Deadpool, representing the year's ninth highest-grossing film with $785.9 million.[128][129]

Spin-off

The New Mutants (2020)

Fox's final X-Men film, The New Mutants, had been in the works since 2009.[130] Josh Boone was chosen to direct and shares scriptwriting credit with his childhood friend Knate Lee.[131] The duo produced a comic book based on "The Demon Bear Saga" of The New Mutants (1984) to pitch to Kinberg, which outlined a trilogy of films.[132][133] One goal the filmmakers had was to create a superhero film grounded in horror.[134] The scriptwriting was mired in conflict between Boone and the producers over the film's artistic direction; Fox disliked the script's comedy and treatment of X-Men characters.[133] The studio mandated multiple rewrites to have the screenplay reflect their vision, which Boone rejected.[133] The New Mutants features Blu Hunt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Maisie Williams, and Henry Zaga as teenage mutants plotting their escape in captivity from a facility ran by Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga).[135] It was shot over the summer of 2017,[136] but the production was complicated by dissatisfaction with the film's final cut and Fox's acquisition by The Walt Disney Company.[133][137] Delayed three times, The New Mutants was unsuccessful upon its release in August 2020.[133]

Television spinoffs

SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally releasedShowrunner
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
Legion18February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)FXNoah Hawley
211April 3, 2018 (2018-04-03)June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
38June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)
The Gifted113October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02)January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)FoxMatt Nix
216September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26)

Legion (2017–2019)

Following the premiere of FX's Fargo in 2014, Noah Hawley deliberated ideas on an X-Men TV adaptation with FX producers.[138] Two concepts were pitched that Hawley rejected, including a show based on the Hellfire Club.[138][139] Afterwards, he turned to Kinberg for guidance and the two discussed David Haller, the mutant son of Xavier with schizophrenia whose hallucinations are an expression of a superpower.[138][140] Hawley said he found this quality fascinating and sought to convey the story using Haller's condition to play on perspective.[138] Legion is situated in a timeline tangential to the X-Men films.[141][142][143]

Legion consists of 27 episodes split between three seasons, broadcast from 2017 to 2019.[144] The show's first season sees Haller honing his newfound powers after Sydney Barrett (Rachel Keller) convinces him that he is in fact lucid.[145] In season two, Haller embarks on a quest to vanquish Amahl Farouk / Shadow King (Navid Negahban) with a government agency of mutants known as Division Three, culminating in him sexually assaulting Barrett.[144][146] He becomes a hippie cult leader in hiding in the show's final season, seeking to exploit the time traveling abilities of a mutant named Switch (Lauren Tsai) to undo his misdeeds.[144][147] Dan Stevens portrays Haller, leading a starring cast featuring Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Jean Smart, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, Bill Irwin, Jemaine Clement, and Hamish Linklater.[148][149] Negahban was promoted to the main cast in season two, likewise Tsai for season three.[150][151] Among the actors employed in recurring roles were Harry Lloyd, Stephanie Corneliussen, and Jon Hamm.[152][153]

The Gifted (2017–2019)

Around the same time, The Gifted, an X-Men series about a family fleeing persecution after the parents discover their children have mutant powers,[154][155] ran on Fox for two seasons.[156] A 20th Television and Marvel Television co-production, the show was conceived by Matt Nix; he pitched The Gifted as "Running on Empty with mutants".[154][157] Nix chose an ordinary family as the central focus believing it was more appropriate for television than conventional superheroes.[158] A cast of nine actors received top billing: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Blair Redford, and Emma Dumont.[159] The Gifted, like Legion, inhabits the same fictional universe as the X-Men films in a separate timeline.[139][160][161]

The show's 13-episode first season debuted on October 2, 2017.[162][163] In January 2018, Fox renewed The Gifted for a second season, which aired to significantly lower ratings than season one.[156][164] The studio inevitably cancelled the program in April 2019.[165]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

In late 2017, Fox began talks with Disney to consolidate their film and television assets.[166] Disney showed interested in Fox's catalog of properties for their subscription streaming service, Disney+, and believed an acquisition could enhance their competitiveness in the industry.[167] A bidding war with Comcast Corporation led to Disney increasing their offer to $71.3 billion in June 2018; Comcast withdrew their bid the next month.[168][169] The deal, finalized on March 20, 2019,[168] conferred rights to the X-Men and Deadpool to Marvel Studios.[170][171] As another result of the acquisition, most planned Fox X-Men films ceased development.[172][173] Films at Disney's behest will be released as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[173]

Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Deadpool & Wolverine July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) Shawn Levy Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy —N/a Kevin Feige, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ryan Reynolds & Shawn Levy
Untitled X-Men film TBA Jake Schreier Michael Lesslie TBA Kevin Feige

Title roles

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Marvel repurposed a third Deadpool film inherited from Fox into Deadpool & Wolverine.[174] Shawn Levy was hired to direct, having been courted by Reynolds for the job.[174] The men developed the script with Reese, Wernick, and Zeb Wells.[174] Deadpool & Wolverine merges the Fox universe with the MCU through a multiverse story and features several of the associated characters, chiefly Jackman's Wolverine and Reynolds's Deadpool.[174][175][176] Its end-credits scenes includes a montage of clips and behind-the-scenes footage as tribute to the Fox films.[177] The shooting, which lasted between May 2023 and January 2024, had been suspended due to an industrywide labor strike by SAG-AFTRA.[178][179] Deadpool & Wolverine premiered in July 2024 to mixed reviews but ended the theatrical run as the highest grossing R-rated film ever with $1.338 billion.[180][181]

Untitled X-Men film (TBA)

In September 2023, Marvel proceeded with plans to reboot the X-Men.[182] The film will focus on a retelling of the characters in their youth.[183][184] In 2025, Marvel contracted Jake Schreier as director.[185]

Supporting roles

Actors from X-Men feature in supporting roles in the MCU. In WandaVision (2021) and Agatha All Along (2024), Evan Peters plays a civilian posing as Pietro Maximoff, deceased twin brother of Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen), directly alluding to the Fox films.[175][186] Stewart's Xavier appears in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) as a councillor of the Illuminati.[187] The version of Beast portrayed by Kelsey Grammer makes a cameo appearance in a mid-credits scene in The Marvels (2023).[188] Stewart and Grammer will again reprise their roles with X-Men costars McKellen, Marsden, Romijn, and Alan Cumming for the forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday (2026).[189] Further reprising will continue up to Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).[190]

Timeline

Events in the main continuity X-Men films are traditionally placed in two timelines.[191] The original timeline starts with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, continuing through X-Men: First Class, X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Wolverine, and up to X-Men: Days of Future Past.[192] The settings are mostly contemporaneous save for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (set between 1845 and 1979), X-Men: First Class (1962), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (partially 2023).[192][193] From X-Men: Days of Future Past, a new timeline emerges corresponding to the prevention of Bolivar Trask's assassination by Wolverine in 1973, which retroactively alters all established film continuity.[191][194][195] This second timeline includes X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix, spanning from 1983 to 1992.[192][194]

However, continuity in the films is not uniform and has been subjected to perceived errors related to storytelling and characters.[b] The Deadpool films, for example, feature a distinct interpretation of Deadpool than X-Men Origins: Wolverine despite being played by the same actor,[200] though cameos from the young X-Men in Deadpool 2 attempt to convey these films are also part of the new timeline.[201] Jackman stated that Logan transpires in an alternate timeline, contradicting Mangold's claim that it does in fact occur in tandem with the core films.[202][203] The New Mutants contains some references to the X-Men though bears no obvious relationship to events in the main continuity films.[204] Nevertheless, Marvel designated the X-Men universe as Earth-10005 within the context of their multiverse.[205]

Recurring characters

List indicators

This section includes characters who have appeared in two or more installments in the series.

Character X-Men original trilogy Wolverine trilogy X-Men prequel films Deadpool films Legion The Gifted The New Mutants
John Allerdyce
Pyro 		Alexander BurtonC[8]
Aaron Stanford[206] 		Aaron Stanford[206]
Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
Psylocke 		Meiling Melançon[207] Olivia Munn[208] Ayesha Hussain[209]
Caliban Stephen Merchant[210] Tómas Lemarquis[211]
Roberto "Bobby" da Costa
Sunspot 		Adan Canto[212] Henry Zaga[213]
Victor Creed
Sabretooth 		Tyler Mane[206] Liev Schreiber[214]
Michael-James OlsenY[215]
 Tyler Mane[206]
Raven Darkhölme
Mystique 		Rebecca Romijn[216] Jennifer Lawrence[217][218]
Morgan LilyY[219]
Rebecca RomijnO[220]
Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake
Iceman 		Shawn Ashmore[221] Shawn Ashmore[221]
Frederick J. "Fred" Dukes
Blob 		Kevin Durand[222] "Giant" Gustav Claude Ouimet[223] Mike Waters[223]
Clarice Fong
Blink 		Fan Bingbing[224][225] Jamie Chung[224][225]
Esme Frost
Stepford Cuckoos 		Uncredited actresses[226] Skyler Samuels[227][228]
Sophie Frost
Stepford Cuckoos
Phoebe Frost
Stepford Cuckoos
Dr. Jean Grey
Phoenix / Dark Phoenix 		Famke Janssen[229]
Haley RammY[229] 		Famke Janssen[230] Famke JanssenO[231]
Sophie Turner[218][232]
Summer FontanaY[233]
James "Logan" Howlett
Wolverine 		Hugh Jackman[234] Hugh Jackman[87]
Troye SivanY[235] 		Hugh Jackman[236][237][238] Hugh Jackman[c]
Henry Cavill[239]
Laura Kinney
X-23 		Dafne Keen[104] Dafne Keen[240]
Remy LeBeau
Gambit 		Taylor Kitsch[223] Channing Tatum[223]
Jubilation Lee
Jubilee 		Katrina Florence[241]
Kea Wong[241] 		Lana Condor[241]
Erik Lehnsherr
Magneto 		Ian McKellen[242]
Brett MorrisY[243] 		Ian McKellenC[242] Michael Fassbender[218]
Ian McKellenO[242]
Bill MilnerY[244]
Dr. Moira "Moira X" MacTaggert Olivia Williams[191] Rose Byrne[245]
Cain Marko
Juggernaut 		Vinnie Jones[246] Ryan Reynolds[247]
David Leitch[248]
Aaron W. Reed[249]
Marie D'Ancanto
Rogue 		Anna Paquin[250] Anna Paquin[251]
Peter Maximoff
Quicksilver 		Uncredited actor[252] Evan Peters[218] Evan PetersC[253]
Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy
Beast 		Steve Bacic[254]
Kelsey Grammer[255] 		Nicholas Hoult[254]
Kelsey GrammerO[254] 		Nicholas HoultC[253]
Ororo Munroe
Storm 		Halle Berry[216] April Elleston EnahoroEC[256] Halle BerryO[50]
Alexandra Shipp[232] 		Alexandra ShippC[253]
En Sabah Nur
Apocalypse 		Oscar Isaac[257]
Berdj GarabedianO[258]
Brendan PedderY[259]
Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde
Shadowcat 		Sumela Kay[260]
Katie Stuart[260]
Elliot Page[260][d] 		Elliot Page[221]
Piotr "Peter" Rasputin
Colossus 		Donald Mackinnon[261]
Daniel Cudmore[262] 		Daniel Cudmore[263] Stefan KapičićV[264][265]
Jason Stryker
Mutant 143 		Michael Reid McKay[266] Uncredited actor
William Stryker II Brian Cox[266] Danny Huston[267] Josh Helman[268]
Alexander "Alex" Summers
Havok 		Lucas Till[269]
Scott Summers
Cyclops 		James Marsden[270] Tim Pocock[271] James MarsdenO[270]
Tye Sheridan[232] 		Tye SheridanC[218]
Kurt Wagner
Nightcrawler 		Alan Cumming[272] Kodi Smit-McPhee[218] Kodi Smit-McPheeC[253]
Wade Wilson
Deadpool 		Ryan Reynolds[273][265]
Scott Adkins[274] 		Ryan Reynolds[e]
Warren Worthington III
Angel / Archangel 		Ben Foster[275]
Cayden BoydY[276] 		Ben Hardy[277]
Charles Xavier
Professor X 		Patrick Stewart[236] James McAvoy[278]
Patrick StewartO[279]
Laurence BelcherY[278] 		James McAvoyC[280] Harry Lloyd[152]
Yukio Rila Fukushima[281] Shioli Kutsuna[282]

Reception

Box office performance

The first three X-Men films and Deadpool set opening records in North America: X-Men had the highest July opening yet,[283] while X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand earned the fourth-highest opening weekends yet and Deadpool got the largest opening weekend in February.[284][285][286] The records for the first three films have since been surpassed. The next three X-Men films after X-Men: The Last Stand opened lower than their predecessor and didn't set opening records.[287] In North America, Deadpool is the highest-grossing film in the series, and it also has the highest opening weekend.[288][286] Outside North America, X-Men: Days of Future Past has the highest opening weekend and is the highest-grossing film in the series.[288] Worldwide, Deadpool was the highest-grossing film in the series and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, before being surpassed on both records by its sequel,[289] again being surpassed in both respects by Deadpool and Wolverine.

The X-Men film series is the second highest-grossing film series based on Marvel Comics characters after the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[290] In North America, it is the fifth-highest-grossing film series, having earned over $2.4 billion.[291] Worldwide, it is the tenth-highest-grossing film series of all time, having grossed over $6 billion.[288]

Film U.S. release date Box office gross All-time ranking Production budget Ref.
U.S. and Canada Other territories Worldwide U.S. & Canada Worldwide
X-Men July 14, 2000 $157,299,718 $139,039,810 $296,339,528 330 479 $75 million [292]
X2 May 2, 2003 $214,949,694 $192,761,855 $407,711,549 178 282 $110 million [293]
X-Men: The Last Stand May 26, 2006 $234,362,462 $226,072,829 $460,435,291 140 236 $210 million [30]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine May 1, 2009 $179,883,157 $193,179,707 $373,062,864 252 320 $150 million [92]
X-Men: First Class June 3, 2011 $146,408,305 $206,208,385 $352,616,690 373 360 $160 million [44]
The Wolverine July 26, 2013 $132,556,852 $282,271,394 $414,828,246 449 271 $120 million [294]
X-Men: Days of Future Past May 23, 2014 $233,921,534 $512,124,166 $746,045,700 143 98 $205 million [57]
Deadpool February 12, 2016 $363,070,709 $419,766,082 $782,836,791 46 89 $58 million [295]
X-Men: Apocalypse May 27, 2016 $155,442,489 $388,491,616 $543,934,105 336 178 $178 million [70]
Logan March 3, 2017 $226,277,068 $392,902,882 $619,179,950 154 144 $97 million [296]
Deadpool 2 May 18, 2018 $324,591,735 $461,304,874 $785,896,609 64 87 $110 million [297]
Dark Phoenix June 7, 2019 $65,845,974 $186,597,000 $252,442,974 1,246 584 $200 million [298]
The New Mutants August 28, 2020 $23,852,659 $25,316,935 $49,169,594 3,294 3,085 $67–80 million [299]
Total $2,458,462,356 $3,626,037,535 $6,084,499,891 #7 #8 $1.735 billion [288]

Critical response

Critical and public response to X-Men
Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
X-Men 82% (176 reviews)[300] 64 (33 reviews)[301] A−[302]
X2 85% (249 reviews)[303] 68 (37 reviews)[304] A[302]
X-Men: The Last Stand 56% (235 reviews)[305] 58 (38 reviews)[306] A−[307]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 37% (255 reviews)[308] 40 (39 reviews)[309] B+[302]
X-Men: First Class 86% (294 reviews)[310] 65 (38 reviews)[311] B+[312]
The Wolverine 71% (259 reviews)[313] 61 (46 reviews)[314] A−[315]
X-Men: Days of Future Past 90% (328 reviews)[316] 75 (44 reviews)[317] A[307]
Deadpool 85% (345 reviews)[318] 65 (49 reviews)[319] A[320]
X-Men: Apocalypse 47% (345 reviews)[321] 52 (48 reviews)[322] A−[323]
Logan 93% (428 reviews)[324] 77 (51 reviews)[325] A−[326]
Deadpool 2 83% (417 reviews)[327] 66 (51 reviews)[328] A[320]
Dark Phoenix 22% (385 reviews)[329] 43 (52 reviews)[330] B−[323]
The New Mutants 36% (137 reviews)[331] 43 (20 reviews)[332] —N/a
Critical response to the television series
TitleSeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic
Legion190% (239 reviews)[333]82 (40 reviews)[334]
291% (160 reviews)[335]85 (10 reviews)[336]
393% (71 reviews)[337]72 (6 reviews)[338]
The Gifted176% (54 reviews)[339]63 (22 reviews)[340]
283% (12 reviews)[341]—N/a

Legacy

Richard George of IGN stated that the success of the first X-Men film paved the way for comic-book film adaptations such as the Spider-Man series, Fantastic Four (2005), V for Vendetta and Singer's Superman Returns.[342] Chris Hewitt of Empire magazine called the first X-Men film as the "catalyst" for films based on Marvel Comics characters, stating "Singer's 2000 film is the catalyst for everything that's come since, good and bad. Without it, there's no Marvel Studios."[343] Comic-book writer Mark Millar said that Singer's X-Men "revolutionized" superhero films.[344]

Rebecca Rubin of Variety magazine stated that the X-Men franchise has proven there is an audience for a hardline superhero film, while Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations said that with films like the Deadpool films and Logan, the studios can do more with an R-rated film and give the audience something new.[345] However, Tim Grierson and Will Leitch of New York magazine's Vulture criticized the series, noting that the best films of the series failed to capture the zeitgeist the way Marvel Cinematic Universe films did.[346]

Notes

  1. From X-Men to Dark Phoenix, the company was known as 20th Century Fox. After its rebranding in January 2020, The New Mutants would be the only film in the franchise released under the name 20th Century Studios.
  2. Attributed to multiple sources:[74][191][196][197][198][199]
  3. Jackman portrays an alternate version of the character in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
  4. Credited as Ellen Page; The Last Stand and Days of Future Past were released before Page came out as transgender.
  5. Reynolds also portrays an alternate version of the character called Nicepool in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

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