X-Men: Apocalypse
The ancient mutant Apocalypse awakens in 1983 to remake the world.
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It grossed $544 million worldwide against a $178 million budget, becoming the third highest-grossing X-Men film at the time.[1]
Making and release
The film opened in the United States on May 27, 2016, alongside Alice through the Looking Glass.[2] Before X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) reached theaters, Bryan Singer used Twitter in December 2013 to announce X-Men: Apocalypse.[3] On April 27, 2015, principal photography started in Montreal, Canada, and by late August 2015, first-unit production had concluded.[4] January 2016 saw additional filming.[4]
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Tartaglione noted that it was the biggest Fox debut weekend ever in six markets and the best X-Men opening ever in 33 markets.[6] Andrew Dyce of Screen Rant detailed that the opening scenes set in ancient Egypt were heavily inspired by the 1955 film Land of the Pharaohs.[7] Dyce also noted that Apocalypse's ability to transfer his consciousness from body to body had a precedent in the 1990s comic story arc "The Twelve".[7] The Guardian reported that billboards in Los Angeles and New York showing Apocalypse choking Mystique drew criticism for advocating violence against women.[8]
Fox apologized for the billboard, stating they "didn't immediately realise the upsetting connotation of this image in print form".[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)", Box Office Mojo; "X-Men franchise", Box Office Mojo, June 19, 2016; McClintock, "Summer box-office revenue hits $4.48B against the odds: "It's tough out there"", The Hollywood Reporter, September 6, 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: D'Alessandro, "X-Men & Alice to boost Memorial Day weekend after last year's holiday apocalypse", Deadline Hollywood, May 24, 2016; McClintock, "Box-office preview: X-Men: Apocalypse, Alice 2 suit up for Memorial Day battle", The Hollywood Reporter, May 25, 2016; D'Alessandro, "X-Men: Apocalypse inches out Days of Future Past on Thursday, on track for strong Memorial Day opening", Deadline Hollywood, May 27, 2016; McClintock, "Box office: X-Men: Apocalypse' nabs strong $8.2M Thursday night", The Hollywood Reporter, May 27, 2016; Mende en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ford, "Release date announced for X-Men: Apocalypse", The Hollywood Reporter, December 5, 2013; Collura, "X2 writers working on X-Men: Apocalypse", IGN, December 19, 2013; Stack, "X-Men: Apocalypse: Bryan Singer teases new film 'will address mutant origins' — Exclusive", January 7, 2014; "X-Men: Apocalypse will star Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm", Sci-Fi Now, May 7, 2014; Stephens, "Bryan Singer talks which mutants he'd like for X-Men: Apocalypse", JoBlo.com, March 20, 2014; "The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith: X-Men: Days of Future Past Q&A en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "X-Men: Apocalypse begins production; first official look at Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler", Screen Rant, April 27, 2015; Jayson, "X-Men: Apocalypse wraps main filming", ComicBook.com, August 22, 2015; Perry, "X-Men: Apocalypse headed back to Montreal for reshoots", ComingSoon.net, November 1, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tartaglione, "X-Men: Apocalypse dawns with $103.3M; Angry Birds sings $55.5M; Zootopia #4 animated pic ever WW – intl box office", Deadline Hollywood, May 22, 2016; "Huge new batch of X-Men: Apocalypse character posters lands", Empire, April 11, 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Tartaglione, "X-Men: Apocalypse dawns with $103.3M; Angry Birds sings $55.5M; Zootopia #4 animated pic ever WW – intl box office", Deadline Hollywood, May 22, 2016. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com
- Andrew Dyce, "X-Men: Apocalypse Easter Eggs & Secret Details", Screen Rant, May 28, 2016. facts only, no text reused. screenrant.com
- Hunt, "Rose McGowan criticises violent X-Men poster as 'offensive and frankly, stupid'", The Guardian, June 3, 2016. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- "Fox apologises for X-Men billboards showing Jennifer Lawrence being strangled", The Guardian, June 3, 2016. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
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