LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - the fifth film in the series 'X - Men' takes no. 1 spot at the Box-Office worldwide after having sold approximately 120 million of notes, distributor 20th Century Fox said Sunday.
"X-Men: first class," a revival of the franchise of Marvel comics, is open to no. 1 across the United States and the Canada with $ 56 million - fulfill the expectations of the studio, although some analysts were predicting a start of $ 60 million.
His international tally of 64 million of the 74 markets included approximately 30 debuts No. 1, including Great Britain (9 million), France ($7.7 million), Mexico ($5.3 million) and Brazil ($4 million).
"X-Men" was the No. 2 pick, behind "Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger tides" with $ 69.4 million.
Will even if the opening in North America has been significantly lower than that most of the earlier films in the "X - Men" franchise, all but guarantees it there have more films around the exploits of a stable of mutant superheroes.
"We have successfully launched a new chapter in this franchise," said Chris Aronson, senior vice President for domestic distribution in the News Corp. Unit.
"X-Men: first class," which reportedly cost about $ 160 million to do before tax credits, is a prequel dealing with years of training future superheroes. Critics and fans, has welcomed the new direction.
Instead of hiring talents of a list, Fox went with British Director acclaimed critic Matthew Vaughn ("Kick-Ass") and actors James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. The distribution also includes nominated recent Oscar Jennifer Lawrence, actress "Mad Men" January Jones and Kevin Bacon.
McAvoy and Fassbender played the roles of lead by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in "X - Men" of the years 2000 and two suites. A spin-off of 2009 "X - Men Origins: Wolverine," featuring Hugh Jackman in the title role, opened to 85 million in North America. Jackman has a cameo in the film.
"HANGOVER" STILL RAGING
As the only new release in the North American top 10 "X – Men: First Class" pushed the rest of the films a lower place in the ranking.
Champion of the end of last week, "the hangover: part II," reported 32.4 million, taking his total of 10 days to 186.9 million. Sizzling comedy is well ahead of the pace of its 2009 predecessor, who won $ 105 million at the same time and ends with $ 277 million.
"kung fu Panda 2" followed with $ 24.3 million in its second week end and "Pirates of the Caribbean" introduced in $ 18 million in its third weekend.
With a total respective 100.4 million and $ 190.3 million, they left behind their predecessors. The first cartoon "kung fu Panda" had earned $ 117 million at the same time its term and the third "Pirates" had accrued $ 253 million.
But the last adventure of high seas from Johnny Depp is doing much better overseas with sales to date of $ 600 million.
"Bridesmaids," the only nonsequel in the top five, rounded out the top with $ 12.1 million in its fourth weekend. Cattail acclaimed comedy has earned 107.3 million to date.
"Hangover: part II" was published by Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc. "kung fu Panda 2" was produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. and distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.. "."
"Pirates of the Caribbean: on the tides of the Stranger" was published by Walt Disney Co. "Bridesmaids" are released by Universal Pictures, a unit of NBC Universal, which is controlled by Comcast Corp..
(Reported by Dean Goodman.) (Editing by John O'Callaghan and Bill Trott)
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