Release X-Men: The Last Stand

1 release

1.1 critical response
1.2 box office
1.3 accolades

release

hugh jackman, halle berry , kelsey grammer @ uss kearsarge (lhd-3) advance screening.

x-men: last stand premiered @ out-of-competition event of 2006 cannes film festival on may 22, 2006. 2 days later, hugh jackman, halle berry , kelsey grammer attended advance screening @ uss kearsarge (lhd-3), ship en route new york city fleet week. film released in united states on may 26, 2006, in 3,690 theaters, while opening in 95 international markets same weekend.

critical response

on rotten tomatoes, film has approval rating of 58% based on 232 reviews, average rating of 5.9/10. site s critical consensus reads, x-men: last stand provides plenty of mutant action fans of franchise, if @ expense of predecessors deeper moments. @ metacritic, film has score of 58 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . audiences polled cinemascore gave film average grade of a– on a+ f scale.

ebert , roeper gave film 2 thumbs rating, roger ebert saying, liked action, liked absurdity, liked incongruous use , misuse of mutant powers, , liked way introduces of political issues , lets them fight out special effects. stephanie zacharek of salon.com gave mixed review, noting half mess , , ratner have stuck bit more closely dark phoenix narrative did. however, zacharek did note that third act captured of original story s majesty . famke janssen s performance praised critics , audiences. impressed janssen s performance total film, said, playing super-freaky mind-control goddess goldeneye s xenia onatopp s all-powerful psycho sister, scenes – particularly 1 house – crackle energy , tragedy. if rest of x3 had followed suit.

justin chang of variety said film wham-bam sequel noticeably lacking in pop gravitas, moody atmospherics, , emotional weight made first 2 marvel comicbook adaptations rousingly successful. frank lovece of film journal international said, risk-taking script genuine consequences elevates above lackluster direction of brett ratner, competent mechanics move story efficiently little soul. lisa schwarzbaum of entertainment weekly called diminished sequel, brute-force enterprise , said example of happens when movies confused sandwich shops franchise opportunities . minneapolis star tribune characterized ratner s approach forget subtlety! let s blow things up! david edelstein of new york magazine called big-budget b-movie. s fast , enjoyable b-movie, though. foreshadowing x-men: first class, peter travers of rolling stone said, last stand? ass. billed climax of trilogy, third , weakest chapter in x-men series blatant attempt prove there still life in franchise. , there is: enough pull star trek , spawn next generation saga.

writer kinberg later state there lot of things x3 love , there lot of things regret , detailing have preferred dark phoenix main plotline , have fought harder that, considering @ period darkness of story little bit daunting on huge $200 million studio movie leading fox ask rewrites. previous x-men director bryan singer declared last stand isn t have done , dissatisfied busy plot , excessive character deaths, singer still liked parts of movie, such ellen page s casting – leading singer bring kitty pryde in x-men: days of future past – , scenes leech, described sweet moments . matthew vaughn, attached director before dropping out, criticized ratner s direction: have done far more emotion , heart. m going told off saying that, genuinely believe it. while promoting own installment of franchise, 2011 s x-men: first class, vaughn regarding last stand storyboarded whole bloody film, did script. x3 have been 40 minutes longer. didn t let emotions , drama play in film. became wall-to-wall noise , drama. have let breathe , given far more dramatic elements it.

box office

the film broke memorial day weekend record $102,750,665 in four-day opening weekend. film s release new single-day record friday openings. opening weekend gross surpassed 6 weeks later pirates of caribbean: dead man s chest, making last stand s opening second-highest of 2006. internationally, last stand topped box office in 26 countries total gross of $76.1 million overall, suffered competition da vinci code, retained top spot in markets, , beat last stand in international gross weekend $91 million. film s second weekend dropped 67 percent $34 million, steepest post-memorial day opening drop on record. x-men: last stand grossed $234,362,462 in domestic box office , $224,997,093 internationally, worldwide total of $459,359,555, fourth-highest in domestic grosses , seventh-highest worldwide 2006. x-men: last stand highest-grossing film in franchise, until surpassed x-men: days of future past 8 years later.

accolades