X-Men: First Class Opens To $56 Million At The US Box Office!

Definitely better than Thor :P

@superdog

X-Men First Class fall under as a prequel not a reboot like Batman Begins.

as a prequel it will do better then Wolverine.

Enjoyed this more than Thor. It had more going on in it. I enjoyed Thor a lot, but the Earth scenes did feel kinda meh. Asgardian scenes=Epic. Hemsworth as Thor is perfect casting, along side Fassbender as Magneto.

I also had to go out of my way to see this movie. Their wasn't a midnight showing at my local theater. In fact, their wasn't many midnight showings in my state. Which I found very odd. Hope it makes a lot of $$$ before GL hits. I want a sequel to this.

@ jazzman

X-Men first class is indeed a reboot. It is just too obvious. At least in Matthew Vaughn's mind IMO and that is clearly shown with the more serious and intelligent tone this X-Men flick displays unlike any of the 4 previous movies that were more adventurous and lighthearted movies.

See: http://xmenfilms.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/matthew-vaughn-calls-x-men-first-class-a-mixture-of-prequel-and-reboot/

I think there's some sort of confusion among people because Vaughn has not clearly said it's a reboot and I think it's due to the fact that he hasn't enough control on the franchise to say things like that. If X-Men first class exceeds the expectations of Fox at the BO, I think Vaughn will gain enough power to say to Fox that this is indeed a new X-Men franchise that started with XMFC and that they will continue forward with it.

And quite frankly, this could be good news. I mean, I understand that some people are pissed towards FOX about the fact that this is not the real X-Men first class but Matthew Vaughn has really nothing to do with it. The guy was hired and had like 9 months to make the movie. Actually it's Singer and the studios who chose the mutants in this movie. From what I've heard, I actually think Vaughn decided to make this movie because he felt that he needed to finish the work he began in the past with the franchise, to respect an agreement.

SO that being said, are the liberties took in XMFC worst than the liberties they took so far with the 4 previous movies of the franchise; making Sabretooth and Wolverine brothers and especially BASTARDIZING the X-Men greatest leader Cyclops to name a few. I don't think so. I've seen the movie because I want to support Matthew Vaugn's work so he can bring a new philosophy to the franchise and gain control on it. I've never been a big fan of Singer's work for the simple reason that to me making the true leader of the X-Men a dead pussy is a true MESS. Who knows? Maybe Vaughn will get Cyclops right if he introduces him in one of its sequels, Maybe Iceman will be the jokester he is in the comics, maybe Rogue will be the badass she actually is? No one knows for sure but one thing is clear to me, I prefer to see what future lies with the X-Men with Matthew Vaughn at the helm than to see another chapter of the last franchise with Singer and Fox at the helm.

Finally saw it. I think it's a good movie, but as a CBM, I like Thor better. I thought it (Thor) was the perfect balance between comic book lore and director/studio vision. This first class movie had a lot of useless ppl in it to me (Oliver platt, riptide, angel, rose bryne, etc). I liked shaw, tho he was never explained really and magneto and prof x were good.

Definitely better than the last two xmen