X Men

Biography

X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the X-Men, a group of characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for comic books published by Marvel Comics. Encompassing thirteen live-action films, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020. Throughout the 1980s, Marvel embarked on efforts to create film versions of the X-Men stories. After prolonged development, Fox purchased the copyrights in 1993 and developed a trilogy comprising X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). A succession of films followed, expanding the fictional universe. Plans for a reboot led to the production of prequel films chronicling the X-Men as young people, from X-Men: First Class (2011) to Dark Phoenix (2019). Each film was directed and written by various individuals and features a large ensemble cast. Fox oversaw the creation of a trio of Wolverine-centric films, two films centering on Deadpool, and The New Mutants (2020) as X-Men spinoffs. The studio's television networks division produced Legion and The Gifted (both 2017–2019) tangential to the films. In 2019, The Walt Disney Company purchased Fox in a deal granting Marvel Studios the rights to the X-Men. Films under Disney ownership will be released as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The first of these films, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), combined the MCU and Fox universe within the continuity of a multiverse. Development of a reboot film is ongoing as of 2026. Critical opinion about X-Men films differ significantly. Most average at least moderately positive scores on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, but a disparity exists between the best-reviewed entries, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and Logan (2017), and the worst, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Dark Phoenix, and The New Mutants. At the box office, the films are generally successful and constitute one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time, grossing over $6 billion worldwide.

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