MUTANTS RULE AT P175 MILLION

“X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST” DOMINATES PHILS. BOX-OFFICE 

OPENING WEEKEND

                It was an epic battle that waged epic receipts at the Phils.box-office as the biggest ensemble in the X-Men universe, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” bowed at number 1 in the Phils. Box-office on its opening weekend (May 21 – 25) with P175 million haul from almost 400 screens nationwide.

                Helmed by Brian Singer, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” has dominated the local market with about 84% over-all market share and is now the Biggest Fox Film to open this year so far.   Likewise, the movie is now the Biggest Opening Weekend for a Fox film all-time and the Biggest Opening Weekend for the franchise.  

 

                The outstanding box-office receipt is due to the rave reviews and repeat viewing eclipsing the entire lifetime gross of “The Wolverine” (P172M).  The movie has also surpassed that of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (P155M) and is the 2nd Biggest Opening weekend industry-wide (international and local) for the year next to “The Amazing Spiderman 2” (P251M).

                With almost 900,000 admissions nationwide, the top theatres who raked in hefty bulk of receipts in the box-office is led by SM Megamall at P8.2 million followed by SM Mall of Asia at P7.8M and Trinoma ranks third with P7.7M.  Still within the top five theatres are SM North Edsa/The Block at P6.3M and Glorietta4 at P5.9M.

                Completing the list of top 20 cinemas that contributed to “X-Men: Days of Future Past’s” outstanding opening weekend are SM Cebu (P4.16M); Greenbelt 3 (P4.11M); Alabang Town Center (P3.99M); Greenhills TheatreMall (P3.98M); Eastwood (P3.92M); SM Southmall (P3.8M); Bonifacio High Street (P3.69M); Ayala Cebu (P3.6M); Powerplant (P3.4M); Gateway Cineplex (P3.36M); Shang Cineplex (P3.31); Newport (P3.1M); Robinson’s Ermita (P2.8M); Market!Market! (P2.7M); Robinson’s Magnolia (P2.53M) and Robinson’s Galleria (P2.51M).

Playing alongside other movie titles on its opening week in the Phils., “X-Men: Days of Future Past” holds top spot at P175M followed by “Godzilla” (2nd week) at P29M, “The Amazing Spiderman (4th week) at P6.6M, “So It’s You (local film – 3rd week) at 1.6M and “Twin Sisters Ghost” (1st week) P.87M.

           Featuring a stellar cast including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Omar Sy, Shawn Ashmore, Evan Peters, Fan Bingbing and Lucas Till, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, in order to change a major historical event and fight an epic battle that could save the mutants and humankind’s future.

                Available in 2D, 3D and 4DX format, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is still showing in almost 400 screens nationwide from 20th Century Fox distributed by Warner Bros.

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Global Experience

Follow along as the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past take-over the globe! Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Shawn Ashmore, Omar Sy, Daniel Cudmore Evan Peters, and Fan BingBing bring the film to audiences around the world through global premieres, live chats, exclusive videos and photos. The “X-Men X-Perience,” presented by TCL, kicks off with the major ensemble cast at the global premiere in New York City on Saturday, May 10th. The cast will then divide to cover the world and appear in different countries the entire week of May 12th.

X-perience the Days of Future Past along with the following links here in the Philippines too starting May 11 (Sunday):  Facebook/20th Century Fox (Philippines) and Youtube/20thCenturyFoxPh for the simultaneous broadcast postings of this worldwide event.

Wonder which of your favorite X-Men stars will appear where? Stay tuned to the X-Men social channels for more details and to see photos and videos from all of the premieres in real-time as if you were there! Don’t forget to start sending questions for the cast now with #XMenLive. The schedule is as follows:

X-Men X-Perience Schedule

New York Arrivals Player Embed Code:
http://movies.yahoo.com/video/x-men-days-future-past-170000735.html?format=embed&player_autoplay=false

Saturday, May 10th- NEW YORK

All Day- Twitter Chat with the Cast at twitter.com/xmenmovies

4:00 pm PT- Global PremiereYahoo Red Carpet Arrivals Live Stream at movies.yahoo.com/movie/x-men-days-of-future-past/

Monday, May 12th- LONDON

10:00 am PT- Yahoo Red Carpet Arrivals Live Stream at uk.movies.yahoo.com/x-men-days-of-future-past/

 London Arrivals Player Embed Code:

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/video/watch-x-men-days-future-150000165.html?format=embed&player_autoplay=false

Grand Finale Tumblr Chat with Cast Members at xmenmovies.tumblr.com
 
Additionally, check out and embed the following “X-Men X-Perience” feeds to see photos and videos in one place from all of the premieres as they’re happening. Both feeds will be updated starting May 10th and throughout the entire “X-Men X-Perience” takeover:

X-Men X-Perience Highlights Feed
The Highlights Feed will feature the best of the best videos and photos from each location. You can view the content per country or from all over the globe at once.

URL: http://x-menmovies.com/x-perience/widget
Embed Code: http://www.x-menmovies.com/x-perience/widget?lang=

X-Men X-Perience Instagram Wall
The Instagram Wall will have exciting photos and short videos from each of the premieres the moment the stars arrive.

URL: http://x-menmovies.com/instagram/
Embed Code: "http://x-menmovies.com/instagram/


Hear the details from Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender here: http://fox.co/XMenXperience


X-Men: Days of Future Past Official Sites
http://www.x-menmovies.com
http://www.facebook.com/xmenmovies
http://twitter.com/xmenmovies
http://www.youtube.com/xmenmovies
http://instagram.com/xmenmovies
http://www.xmenmovies.tumblr.com
Official Hashtag: #XMenLive

         
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in “X-Men: Days of Future Past”. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, “X-Men: First Class,” in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future.

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” releases in cinemas on May 21, 2014 in the Philippines!

X-MEN’S Toughest Challenge yet in “X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST” (3D)

 20th Century Fox has just released new photos from the upcoming “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” the most epic and action-packed X-Men to-date.

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Latest Teaser Video

Director Bryan Singer tweets latest "X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" teaser video featuring selected X-Men characters poised to face the battle that will define their fate.

Enjoy watching the teaser trailer here -> http://instagram.com/p/k2XZgiDo_c/#

Watch out for these characters that will war against powerful machines and be forced to time travel to save their kind.

"X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" opens May 21 in (Phils.) theaters from 20th Century Fox.