X-Men Movie (2000) Information
Comic Book Movies: X-Men X-Men Movie Based On: The X-men movie is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, of the same name. The X-men Superhero team's first appearance was in the original issue of the X-Men comics, The X-Men #1 in September of 1963. The X-Men universe was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. The X-Men comic book is, and was one of Marvel's most popular comic book series, along with the Wolverine Character. The comic was made into three movies, X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, along with the production of X-Men Origins, movies being made. Distributor: 20th Century Fox Released: July 14, 2000 Running Time: 1 hrs. 44 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Budget: $75 million X-Men Box Office Results Opening Weekend: $54,471,475 34.6% Domestic Gross: $157,299,717 53.1% International Gross: $139,039,810 46.9% World Wide Gross: $296,339,527 100% Director: Bryan Singer Producers: Lauren Shuler-Donner, Ralph Winter, Richard Donner Screenplay: David Hayter, Christopher McQuarrie , Ed Solomon, Laeta Kalogridis, Blanche McDermaid, Josh Whedon Cast: Adapted from the most popular Marvel comics series of the 1990s, the X-Men live on an alternate Earth where unusual children are born with twists to their genetic code. This "X-factor" allows the children to perform extraordinary feats, such as flight, telekinetics and the ability to shoot laser beams from their eyes. Unfortunately, humans fear and revile the mutants. Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart) gathers mutants to help fight for his dream (a world where the mutant minority and human majority can live together in harmony) to be judged not by the extraordinary powers they possess, but by their character. He calls this team, which includes Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine and Rogue: the X-Men. On the other hand, an old friend of Charles, named Eric Magnus (McKellen) does not share the professor's dream. Magnus, a.k.a. Magneto, believes that the only way peace can be obtained is by conquering the human species. And with his team of evil mutants - Mystique, Sabertooth and Toad - he intends to follow through with his plan. With this threat approaching, the only hope Xavier's dream has is to prevent Magneto from achieving his goal. X-Men Trailer
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