It has come out on the top of the box office in the three day Memorial Day weekend and has managed to beat Disney’s Alice in the Wonderland: Through Looking Glass but the numbers remain somewhat dismal.
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“Alice Through the Looking Glass” ranked second with an estimated 40 million dollars during the four-day weekend.
In the Last credits of X-Men: Days of Future Past we saw that everything was good and flawless that the school was running again and Jean and Scott are still alive.
Five films have taken in more than US$300 million – and more anticipated giants are on the way, including the Pixar sequel Finding Dory and Star Trek Beyond. The film cost $170m (£116m) to make.
“Storywise, “Alice Through the Looking Glass” is totally nonsensical – and not in the endearing, episodic way that Carroll’s books are known for”, IGN’s Max Nicholson said.
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Some fans called for a boycott of his film.
In this image released by Disney, Johnny Depp, left, and Mia Wasikowska appear in a scene from “Alice Through The Looking Glass”. Alice In Wonderland arrived to US$127 million in domestic ticket sales in 2010, after adjusting for inflation.
“I’m very pleased”, Aronson said.
The Bryan Singer-directed X-Men filled the multiplexes with a cast of mutants that included newcomers Sophie Turner and Tye Sheridan, along with franchise marquee names such as Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender.
“It’s a disappointing weekend for Alice”, Walt Disney Pictures’ distribution chief Dave Hollis says. And as we know, nothing helps a big studio ignore movie critics like ticket sales.
The Angry Birds Movie was third with US$18.7 million.
Captain America: Civil Wars landed in fourth with $19.7 million over four days.
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Rounding out the top 10 this weekend will be The Jungle Book ($6.9 million), The Nice Guys ($6.3 million), Money Monster ($4.2 million), Love & Friendship ($2.4 million) and Zootopia ($832,000).
