``X-Men'' Mutates Into Super-Heroic Opening Weekend.Entertainment Editors & Film Writers LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 18, 2000 "X" marked the spot this weekend for Twentieth Century Fox, as the studio's "X-Men" opened to a record-breaking $54.5 million. The figure is the highest opening ever for a non-sequel, and the second-largest opening weekend ever in Fox's history behind "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace." "X-Men's" per-screen average of $18,000 at 3,025 playdates also was by far the biggest of the weekend. Commented Tom Sherak, chairman of 20th Domestic Film Group: "`X-Men' has taken the country by storm. Everybody -- young and old -- is going and enjoying the film. It's what we at movie studios dream about." "X-Men", based on characters from the best-selling comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. series in history, stars Patrick Stewart This article is about the actor. For the American soldier, see Patrick Stewart (soldier). For the actor who is sometimes credited as "Patrick Stuart", see James Patrick Stuart. Patrick Stewart , Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (IPA: /ˈhæliː ˈbɛriː/) (born August 14, 1966[1]) is an American actress. , Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park and Anna Paquin Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is an Academy Award-winning and Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Canadian actress. Her breakthrough performance was in The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting actress as the second youngest winner in history. . The film is directed by Bryan Singer and is produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter. The screenplay is by David Hayter David Bryan Hayter (born February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California), is an American voice actor, actor, and screenwriter. He is most notable for providing the English voices of Solid Snake and later Big Boss in the popular Metal Gear Solid , from a story by Tom DeSanto & Bryan Singer. Avi Arad, comics legend Stan Lee, Richard Donner and Tom DeSanto are the film's executive producers. Co-producers are Joel Simon and William S. Todman Jr. Twentieth Century Fox is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group. |
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