I just thought this was interesting.

With the exception of Deadpool, none of the X-Men movies that came after the original trilogy has been as big as the original one from 2000 in the states.

which have been most profitable over all? that's what really counts.

International > US

This is interesting information.

They make up for it internationally. During the time of the first trilogy they were mostly only shown in English speaking countries. Now they're shown everywhere.

Apocalypse was also leaked online, like a week before it premiered in the states. That, combined with competition from Disney during it's theatrical run, really held it back. That said, I doubt it would of been more successful than DoFP, even without those problems.

A lot of modern movies are focused on overseas audiences and lowest common denominator sales. This isn't really unique to X-Men. Personally, I'd rather see something with 1/20th the budget but focused on hardcore comic book nerds. But MuhIP muhLicensing, etc. gets in the way of that. You get the biggest wallets using them as a vehicle for cliche action movies because the name recognition sells.

Origins really hurt the series.

First Class would of done better if it actually used reconizable X-men. With the way it is, they might as well of called it Magneto.

I suspect Last Stand heavily benefited from the success of X2.

Need to see the international ticket sales - "X-Men Apocalypse" ended up bringing in $534.5 million worldwide so leaving out huge markets like China is a big problem with these projections. I would also want to see sales from DVD, digital downloads, and digital rentals.

Here is the world wide numbers that people keep asking about.