DARK PHOENIX Looking At Respectable $170M+ Opening Weekend Despite Negative Reviews

DARK PHOENIX Looking At Respectable $170M+ Opening Weekend Despite Negative Reviews

Early tracking indicated that Dark Phoenix was going to open with a whimper this weekend, but the latest figures tell a different story. Fox's final X-Men movie is looking at a very respectable global bow.

By MarkCassidy - Jun 05, 2019 03:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Dark Phoenix
Source: Via Deadline
The reviews for Simon Kinberg's Dark Phoenix have not been kind, but that hasn't seemed to have had much impact on the movie's opening weekend projections.

20th Century Fox's final X-Men film is still expected to come in under The Secret Life of Pets 2 with a $50M-$55M bow in The US and Canada, but its overseas predictions are a lot higher. According to Deadline, Dark Phoenix could rake in as much as $120M-$135M abroad, which would give it a fairly respectable global opening of over $170M.

It remains to be seen if the critically panned superhero flick can climb that high and maintain those figures in the coming weeks, of course, but even if it does turn out to be the flop everyone expected, the merry band of mutants will soon be under the Disney/Marvel umbrella.

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MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/5/2019, 3:36 PM
If this makes more money than Godzilla, I'm gonna be depressed.
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 6/5/2019, 3:37 PM
I doubt it
Forthas
Forthas - 6/5/2019, 3:42 PM
Thank God there is no "Rotten Tomatoes" in China!
Brave
Brave - 6/5/2019, 3:43 PM
I looked at the title and was like "WHAAAAT? Is @Forthas gonna be proven right? That has HAS to be worldwide". Then I read the article. But honestly, I was shook for a second lol.
Forthas
Forthas - 6/5/2019, 3:44 PM
@Brave - Would me being right...be so wrong?
Brave
Brave - 6/5/2019, 3:51 PM
@Forthas - no it would be good (if the film is good). But it would be wild
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/5/2019, 4:54 PM
@Forthas - Yes, it would be wrong.

No cats and dogs living together, thank you very much.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 6/5/2019, 3:48 PM
Word of mouth in China is terrible. It has super low scores on all sites. This is not making that much.
PeenWeinersteen
PeenWeinersteen - 6/5/2019, 3:49 PM
Not too bad at all. But people will say it’s a flop whether it does good or not. The sheep just want cookie formulaic, family friendly action/comedies.
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