X-Men (film franchise)

This article is about the film franchise. You may be looking for the mutant team or 2000 film of the same name.

X-Men is a superhero film franchise based on the Marvel Entertainment intellectual property of the same name. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner bought the X-Men film rights for 20th Century Fox in 1994.^[1] Starting with the release of X-Men in 2000, the franchise expanded to include multiple sequels and spin-offs that had varying levels of critical and financial success.

In 2019, 20th Century Fox was sold off to The Walt Disney Company as part of an acquisition of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets.^[2] The X-Men film rights were subsequently transferred to Marvel Studios, with all X-Men films in development at 20th Century Fox being cancelled in the process. The X-Men film franchise concluded with The New Mutants in 2020. The X-Men franchise will be rebooted by Marvel Studios and will be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Films

See also: X-Men (film franchise)/Undeveloped films

Released Films

#	Film	U.S. release date	Director	Writer(s)	Status
1	X-Men	July 14, 2000	Bryan Singer	Bryan Singer David Hayter Tom DeSanto	Released
2	X2: X-Men United	May 2, 2003	Bryan Singer	David Hayter Michael Dougherty Dan Harris	Released
3	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26, 2006	Brett Ratner	Simon Kinberg Zak Penn	Released
4	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	May 1, 2009	Gavin Hood	David Benioff Skip Woods	Released
5	X-Men: First Class	June 3, 2011	Matthew Vaughn	Ashley Miller Zack Stentz Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn	Released
6	The Wolverine	July 26, 2013	James Mangold	Mark Bomback Scott Frank	Released
7	X-Men: Days of Future Past	May 23, 2014	Bryan Singer	Simon Kinberg	Released
8	Deadpool	February 12, 2016	Tim Miller	Rhett Reese Paul Wernick	Released
9	X-Men: Apocalypse	May 27, 2016	Bryan Singer	Bryan Singer Simon Kinberg Michael Dougherty Dan Harris	Released
10	Logan	March 3, 2017	James Mangold	Scott Frank James Mangold Michael Green	Released
11	Deadpool 2	May 18, 2018	David Leitch	Rhett Reese Paul Wernick	Released
12	X-Men: Dark Phoenix	June 7, 2019	Simon Kinberg	Simon Kinberg	Released
13	The New Mutants	August 28, 2020	Josh Boone	Josh Boone Knate Lee	Released

Comics

X-Men: The Movie - Special Edition (2000)
X-Men: The Movie Prequel: Wolverine (2000)
X-Men: The Movie Prequel: Rogue (2000)
X-Men: The Movie Prequel: Magneto (2000)
X2: X-Men United: The Movie Prequel: Wolverine (2003)
X2: X-Men United: The Movie Prequel: Nightcrawler (2003)
X-Men First Class: The High Hand (2011)

Books

Artbooks

The Art of X2 (2003)
The Art of X2: The Collectors Edition (2003)
The Art of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Games

X-Men: The Official Game

Trivia

X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand comprise the "original trilogy", while X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse comprise the "beginnings trilogy".
By the time X-Men Origins: Wolverine was released on home media in 2009, 70% of American moviegoers had seen at least one of the X-Men films.^[3]
X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand were filmed mostly in Vancouver, Canada.^[3]
X-Men: The Last Stand and Logan are the only films to have a Marvel fanfare that solely features pages from X-Men comics.
A recurring motif in the opening credits of the main X-Men films is the "X" in the 20th Century Fox logo lingering for a few seconds before fading away with the rest of the logo. X-Men: First Class is the only film of the main franchise not to feature this. X-Men: Dark Phoenix has a variation of the motif, with the "X" glowing a fiery orange.