X-Men (film)

X-Men is a 2002 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon and stars Jeremy Irons, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Nathan Fillion, Rebecca Romijn, Aidan Gillen, Ray Park, Gary Oldman, and Terence Stamp. It was released on June 21, 2002.

Cast

 * Jeremy Irons as Charles Xavier/Professor X
 * Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
 * Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * Natalie Portman as Jean Grey
 * Angela Bassett as Ororo Munroe/Storm
 * Nathan Fillion as Hank McCoy/Beast
 * Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
 * Aidan Gillen as Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind
 * Ray Park as Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
 * Gary Oldman as Robert Kelly
 * Terence Stamp as Erik Lensherr/Magneto

Box office
X-Men grossed $147.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $144.8 million in other territories, for a total of $292.3 million. In its domestic opening weekend, it grossed $45.9 million.

Critical reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 91% with an average score of 8.00/10, based on 258 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thanks to a script that emphasizes its heroes' humanity and a wealth of superpowered set pieces, X-Men lives up to its hype and raises the bar for superheroes at the movies." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100 based on 43 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an "A+ to F" scale.