The is the ninth installment of franchise X-Men and successfully dominating adjacent Hindi release Sarbjit.
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Said to be the conclusion of a trilogy started with X-Men: First Class and continued with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the film was directed by Bryan Singer.
Though there’s little in terms of concrete information, Apocalypse nevertheless sets up a plethora of potential characters, scenarios and popular plot-lines from the comics, such that fanboys are desperately hoping Bryan Singer will follow through with majority in a manner both faithful and timely.
Leading the pack in terms of take is the United Kingdom with $10.5 million, Mexico with $8.6 million, and Brazil with $6.6. million.it did also score Fox’s biggest opening weekend ever in countries like India, the Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand. South Korea gets it this coming Wednesday; China will follow with an opening on June 3. Rotten Tomatoes scores it at 51 as of this writing. [Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP] Meanwhile, The Angry Birds Movie took $55.5 million on its second weekend, totaling up to $151 million so far with its global box office draw. Disillusioned by the new world he wakes up to, Apocalypse assembles a team of powerful mutants he calls his Four Horsemen to purge mankind of its filth and create a new world order with him as its ruler.
“X-Men Apocalypse” features James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Oscar Isaac in key roles.
The film also gave Fox the biggest opening weekend ever in half a dozen markets including Philippines (US$4.9 million), India (US$3.5 million), Indonesia (US$3.1 million), Singapore (US$3 million), Thailand (US$2.7 million) and Colombia (US$1.9 million).
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Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and the summer box office season is about to go into overdrive with the release of X-Men: Apocalypse.
