Wolverine Snags $160 Million Internationally

Wolverine Snags $160 Million Internationally

In addition to making $87 million domestically, X-Men Origins: Wolverine earned another $73 million overseas this weekend from 9,234 theaters in 101 markets. The film has already reached $160 million worldwide.

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By rockingrich1webb - May 04, 2009 12:05 AM EST
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With Fox culminating a massive worldwide promo push, the U.K. led the way with $9.8 million in the best Brit launch this year, followed by $7.4 million in France, $5.7 million in Australia, $5.5 million in Spain, $4.8 million in Brazil, $4 million in Germany, $3.7 million in Russia and $3.5 million in Italy. Fox has postponed the launch of "Wolverine" in Mexico because of the flu outbreak.

Fox said the fourth "X-Men" pic generated the top launch numbers among the franchise entries in many markets. Three years ago, "X-Men: The Last Stand" opened day and date with $76.3 million on its way to cuming $225 million overseas -- the seventh highest foreign grosser that year.

So at this moment Wolverine is doing pretty good despite the piracy leak and the swine flu i'm sure this movie could've done better.

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ALmighty1080
ALmighty1080 - 5/4/2009, 1:11 AM
lame, this movie sucks
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/4/2009, 9:18 AM
I LOVED IT EVEN THOUGH IM A FANBOY OF THE COMIC LORE, THERES THINGS I WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN BUT LIKE IVE SAID IN THE PAST, JUST TO EVEN BE MADE AND PUT ON THE BIG SCREEN IS COOL ENOUGH. IM PRETTY SURE THERE WONT BE A SECOND LEAK.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/4/2009, 9:20 AM
Um cool lol!!! : D Well they better make WOLVERINE 2 better!!! They won't get a 3rd chance! ; )
SdProphet
SdProphet - 5/4/2009, 9:53 AM
Yeah I wanna see that one I saw the shhh one which pissed me off I wanna new one
spanky
spanky - 5/4/2009, 10:39 AM
i saw it! not really but that just sounds crazy two different endings, you just want my money, hell no hollyremakewood.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/4/2009, 10:50 AM
SPANKY @ Man, im sure all of the endings will be on YOU TUBE sometime soon!!! I ain't going back in the hope i get a different ending lol!
SHHH
SHHH - 5/4/2009, 11:01 AM
does everybody hate it because it is a FOX project.
blacksword7
blacksword7 - 5/4/2009, 11:01 AM
the yellow suit would be do-able only if it was a yellow-gold metallic leather on black leather. i always thought the orange stripes on his w-men uniform was an homage to his gold orange uniform anyway.
blacksword7
blacksword7 - 5/4/2009, 11:08 AM
the biggest problems i had with the movie were

1. Emma Frost is made the sister of Kayla Silverfox

and...

B. Cyclops' eye blasts are supposed to be heat-less concussive blasts, instead, they use them as lasers on multiple occasions. this could be easily fixed in future installments however simply by saying the change is a result of the mutation developing. especially since the blasts in the other movies generate no heat whatsoever and take place in later years.

C. Not a Deadpool fan so i didn't actually mind the ending, but they could have done without the blades in the arm.



and also, it doesn't bother me that much but sabretooth makes no mention of remembering wolverine in the first x-men movie, in a future movie, liev needs to be made more to look like the Tyler mane version(white hair, black eyes) and when he finally meets up with magneto, he must be instructed not to keep trying to contact wolverine. since wolverine doesn't know him in the first x-men, they will not meet again in another wolverine film, unless it takes place after the events of x3. we know sabretooth cant be dead because if the guy can survive falling from a nuclear reactor, he can survive falling from the statue of liberty. after this, they are really gonna need to fix the continuity to bring them all together.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/4/2009, 11:09 AM
No SHHH @ We hate it coz it was pure SHHHHHHITE lol!!! Come on dude, most ppl here love STAR WARS that's FOX, i love the DIE HARD , ALIENS, PREDATOR movies etc etc! Come on the movie was C GRADE!!! FOX just thought everyone would take it,,, obviously some are!!! ; ) P.s. yes the blades in the arms we're very lame!!! : D
TheStranger
TheStranger - 5/4/2009, 11:33 AM
Oh yeah this movie blows so hard -_- 160 million is pocket change. Every movie makes 160 million in its opening weekend. Its the 18th highest weekend box office opening of all time. Yet this movie sucked...ok

Not to mention it didnt get to open in mexico because of a national emergency and the movie got leaked on the internet. If not for those things it probably wouldve atleast made top 15.
Nycguy84
Nycguy84 - 5/4/2009, 11:52 AM
Wolverine was good definitely not great but not Elektra, Daredevil, or Hulk bad.

Yes we all hate the mistreatment of Daredevil and Gambit is obviously only in there to bloat the fanboy interest. While Cyclops is only there for the Prof. X ending to seg-way into X-Men: The First Class.

Definitely deserves a sequel. With 160 million worldwide opening weekend. With 450-500 million worldwide gross (225 domestic, 250 worldwide) likely it's a no-brainer. Apparently Fox produced it around 130-150 million I can see a sequel in 2012 easily.
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 5/4/2009, 11:58 AM
there wont be a sequel untill atleast 2013, with all the movies in the pipe that marvel is planning it would be like going onto the block knowing theres an Raging bully

i cant believe fox had something to do with predator and die hard lol
AVEN
AVEN - 5/4/2009, 12:12 PM
This movie is just other "random hollywood movie"...
Juicerules
Juicerules - 5/4/2009, 1:28 PM
Fox pansied out on DIE-HArd 4 PG-13 come on.

I am excited for a Wolverine 2. Just to show why Sabretooth doesn't remember Wolverine. The Japan story should be cool too. Samurai Wolverine
ManThing
ManThing - 5/4/2009, 1:45 PM
All this crap is so nauseating. The movie was horrible.
It's excrement. It's garbage. If I didn't know about Wolverine, it would still be a bad movie in several ways.

As far as I am concerned, the Wolverine I knew and loved a youth has vanished from the world and all memory except mine and a few others.

There is only so much complaining on the internet and reading old back issues of Uncanny X men I can do before I just have to face up to reality: Wolverine is dead. Gone. Over.
And this happened to the sound of thunderous applause.
Millions of people are just eating the crap up with a spoon, and washing it down with the Fox studios kool aid.

No one else seems to remember the Wolverine that existed before FoxKids and bone claws turned the worlds most popular comic book character into the silly charicature we have now.

Does anyone else remember how Wolverine used to say that his claws were implanted in his forearms, and were controlled by machines? He referred to them a hundred times as being cybernetic implants which explained why they are claw like swords instead of being dull knotty bone claws. of course you don't remember.

Can anyone else recall how Wolverine was such a great fighter along with his mutant powers, metal bones and claws, that he didn't mind one bit going up against peopel who are hudreds of times more powerful? Back then like Daredevil and Captain America, his martial arts skills were so high that it was like a power with him. But then Bryan singer left that out of the movie, and shorly after that it was left out of the comics too. So then instead of a Wolverine that fought smart and fought well, just went around getting himself blown up, shot up, and ripped to shreds a hundred thousand different ways just because he could do it and live.
Of course no one remembers that. And now they will never know it existed at all.

Does anyone else remember when the phrase "indestructible metal" actually meant what it says? That something made from the stuff could not be melted or scratched or anything. Not by magneto, and definitely not by Doucheclops. lol I don't think so.

Remember back before the crappy Ultimates came when Wolverine had wierd hair points that stuck op on the sides of his yead? It was wierd, it was eccentric, but it made him seem more like an animal. That's over now too.

The Wolverine I knew and loved is now all the way gone. Patently dissolved into the annals of time, and no one cares at all. So be it.
CMKOFAN
CMKOFAN - 5/4/2009, 1:51 PM
I liked the movie.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/4/2009, 1:53 PM
By the looks of it, you liked WARZONE too!!! Joking lol! ; D JUGG @ You got really good points there, good man!!! An yeah your right, it don't look to good for WOLVERINE! : ( Also luv the 'crappy Ultimates' you are so right! ; )
SHHH
SHHH - 5/4/2009, 2:06 PM
@LEEE777

But it CANNOT be as bad as elecktra. punisher was PROTRAYED correctly. Yeah story sucked.
cable82
cable82 - 5/4/2009, 3:12 PM
@Juggernaut- Chill out dude. Its not the end of the world.
sniktchick74
sniktchick74 - 5/4/2009, 3:27 PM
@Juggernaut- I remember quite well all that you're referring to! I agree that they (Marvel and FOX) have neutered Wolverine in recent years, but to say he's dead? Not by a long shot!

A question- have you been reading some of the current Wolverine stories? the writing has turned around somewhat, IMO. He's more like he used to be.
Betty
Betty - 5/4/2009, 4:24 PM
I agree with you sniktchick74, he is more like he used to be. I noticed tat Jonah Hex is like wolverine used to be too.
TheStranger
TheStranger - 5/4/2009, 4:33 PM
@Juggernaut Dude no offense but the more you talk about Wolverine the more you just show you no near nothing about the character...let me guess you just watched the animated series? lol

Juggernaut-Does anyone else remember when the phrase "indestructible metal" actually meant what it says? That something made from the stuff could not be melted or scratched or anything. *Not by magneto,* and definitely not by Doucheclops. lol I don't think so.

This statement is just completly flawed and wrong at its core seeing as how Magneto ripped the adamantium from wolverines skeleton and this time I will give you a comic number. X-men 25 and Wolverine 75 was when this took place released back in 1993. Its fine if you dont like the movie everyone has an opinion but dont destroy your opinion and viewpoint with statements of the past which you obviously know nothing about.
SHHH
SHHH - 5/4/2009, 7:03 PM
@AVEN

You should of gotten die hard4 unrated directors cut, produced by fox
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 5/4/2009, 9:01 PM
+1 juggernaut

-1 sortis

sortis maybe juggernaut wasnt clear on how magneto halfway ripped the adamantum out of wolverines body but i think he knows of this occurence and issue or he wouldnt have mentioned magneto vs wolverine, and thats what he is referring too, how about you also give the issues where cyclops bitch ass blows off his arm or lays wolverine down. (i wish wolverine would scratch cyclops eyes out already) but since your so good at pointing out comic book issues go back and read about the other facts that juggernaut states

his right i dont like the ultimate universe at all

and they have watered wolverine down! so juggernaut is more so statin his opinion about the wolverine character not just from the movie


LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/4/2009, 10:42 PM
SHHH @ Yeah PUNISHER was PUNISHER i loved the action and yes the story sucked so much! I mean a one an a half PUNISHER TASK FORCE taking down Frank lol, and what the FRAK about killin' MICRO in his 1st movie appearance??? Or for that matter JIGSAW??? An am i the only one that hated that twat from TASK FORCE at the end??? OMG lol! I sooo wished WAR ZONE was gonna have TOM in it and MICHAEL KEATON as JIGSAW and it was based on the '85 mini series of the PUNISHER comic getting outta RYKERS (?) ISLAND!!! Oh well! I did really like RAYS PUNISHER id like to point out, it was just the story that really sucked bit like WOLVERINE!!! SHHH @ ELECTRA wasn't a great film but i thought she done a much better job in that than what she did in DAREDEVIL! Oh yeah, i think the ULTIMATE COMICS where made back then just for the reason to mess up the MARVEL movies in the future lol!!! Damn, i wouldn't of bought any if id known lmao!!!
TheStranger
TheStranger - 5/5/2009, 12:24 AM
@loganaspatch he said not even magneto can damage it yet he ripped out the metal on a molecular level implying that if he can indeed seperate the very molecules he can break rip it apart if need be. Control over metal implies just that Control over metal, so no i'm pretty sure that means Magneto can damage adamantium and even in the movies he says "William Stryker the only *other man* I know of that can "manipulate" adamantium...the metal on your bones".

Let me spell it out for you, if magneto can manipulate it then it doesnt stop there he can rip it to peices and he can *damage* it. I think i'll take my point back, thanks. He said it cant be melted scratched or anything by magneto and i said he is wrong and gave the issue and stated why. Reply to this if you like but i'm not going to get on the internet and have a little nerdy argument with you over the internet lol i'm just giving facts and my view of the movie, like it or not.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 5/5/2009, 12:35 AM
@Juggernaut: I understand what you mean, but I disagree totally that Wolverine is 'dead' in any matter. Your right, even Wolverines creator never intended the claws to ever be a part of his anatomy. Actually, Wein meant for them to be part of his gloves, not sheathed in his forearms. I always felt making them parts of his anatomy, even the bones before Weapon X, made the character all the more realistic. I always found it frustrating that Wolvie would get 'punked' by someone just to show 1)how lethal that particular person is and 2)because he will survive it. So, your right about somethings, but other stuff is just natural evolution of a character. Wolverine has been resident at Xaviers mansion for a while now, naturally he would tone down the wildman act overtime. Living in relative peace with real friends(in comparison to his life before the X-Men) would allow a man time to look back and learn from his past, or what he can remember. As he is over a hundred years old with no sign of old age claiming him any time soon, he would naturally grow wiser and more thoughtful in his actions. If you want to see a murdering Wolverine lead an elite team of fellow killers, check out the new "X-Force" its up to issue 14 now I believe and the story, Messiah War, is getting great!

Now, explain to me why the almighty Wolverine shouldn't be able to be laid out by Cyclops. Cyke can level mountainsides. For Cyke to lay Wolvie on his back is barely a challenge. People all to often build an unrealistic image of a character based upon their own personal like/dislike of a character. Wolverine ain't no chump, by any standard, but give credit where its due. 'Douceclops' is no chump either. How many of you would claim Iceman, Storm, or Rogue as your favorites? They are some of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe and not even Wolverine can touch the level of power they possess. I mean no offense, but lets come back down a bit.

Ultimates do suck... bad... really [frick]ing back. I don't even acknowledge it in any way nor is it applicable as any source of Marvel character history. It was like Marvel meets a soft drink advertiser designed by Tony Hawk.

@Loganaspatch: you don't honestly think Fox, a separate studio from Marvels own movie studio, will wait til 2013 because they are afraid of a box office ass-whooping. First off, release dates aren't chosen willy-nilly bub. It would be staggered to release a few months after any other major comic film of the year. Now, if they have a brain in their skull at all, they would begin shooting 'First Class' and possibly 'Deadpool' before the end of the year and have it set up for 2011 release dates, early spring for X-Men, Deadpool for Christmas!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/5/2009, 9:19 AM
Jugg you must have a shit fit every time you go to see a comic book movie because not one so far has stuck 100% to the comics. Some take more liberties than others of course but thats just the way it is. Did you by any chance enjoy The Dark(Joker wears makeup, Batman trained by Rhas Al Ghul, Two Face scarred by fire not acid and killed 10 mins later) Knight?
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 5/5/2009, 2:32 PM
yes i think fox would do something in the likes of pushing back a movie to maximize there profits especially if there product is 2nd rate to the nearest competitor

how are release dates chosen? and i ask that not to be a smart ass i really dont know, but studios can push back movies im pretty sure it has happened before. lol im not a betting man so ill put my money on a fox comic based movie in 2010 or nothing untill defintly 2013 and defintly wolverine 2 in 2013.. ill play it safe lol
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