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X-Men 3 Will Pass M:I: III Today
By the time American audiences have finished passing through movie theater turnstiles today, "X-Men: The Last Stand" will surpass Mission: Impossible III possibly known as "Tom Cruises Last Stand," in tickets sold.
It is predicted that the final X Men movie could hit between $124 and $127 million dollars on its fourth day of release. M:I:III should end the holiday weekend at a total of around $116 million on its 25th day in theaters.
The numbers tell the story. Each are good action flicks, with plenty of wild special effects. But the "X-Men" cast of nine or so principals welcomed the public, while the "M:I:III" main star did everything he could to turn us off.
Ironically, "X-Men" director Brett Ratner was one of the names briefly considered to direct M:I:III during the shuffle of events that brought J.J. Abrams, of Alias" fame, to that movie and original X-Men director Bryan Singer to Superman Returns. Ratner, of course, was up for the latter job before Singer, as Singer was supposed to finish his X-Men trilogy.
And heres a little movie gossip for you: On Friday night, Ratner bought a bunch of tickets and took his friends, who included former fiancée Rebecca Gayheart, her husband, Salma Hayek and Ratners girlfriend Alina to Manns Chinese Theater in Hollywood to watch X Men 3 with a real audience. When the show was over, they ran into Singer, whod snuck in to see what Ratner had done with his franchise.
He kept saying, Its unbelievable, its unbelievable, says a source who was present at the accidental meeting. Singer, of course, must be kicking himself that he abandoned X-Men. (And who does that, by the way? What was he thinking?)
The big winner here is Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine. Now that X-Men: The Last Stand has proven to be a mega hit, Jackman will clean up with a sequel based on his character and perhaps featuring cameos from the others, if not a full-fledged romantic pairing with either Storm (Halle Berry) or Jean Grey (Famke Janssen).
Ratners stock also shoots up very high, as X-Men: The Last Stand enters the record books. He starts filming Rush Hour 3 (he also did the first two) for New Line Cinema in August, with locations in Paris and New York. That means that next summer, Ratner could own either Memorial Day (again) or July 4, making him the thinking mans Michael Bay, if nothing else.
X-Men 3 Will Pass M:I: III Today
By the time American audiences have finished passing through movie theater turnstiles today, "X-Men: The Last Stand" will surpass Mission: Impossible III possibly known as "Tom Cruises Last Stand," in tickets sold.
It is predicted that the final X Men movie could hit between $124 and $127 million dollars on its fourth day of release. M:I:III should end the holiday weekend at a total of around $116 million on its 25th day in theaters.
The numbers tell the story. Each are good action flicks, with plenty of wild special effects. But the "X-Men" cast of nine or so principals welcomed the public, while the "M:I:III" main star did everything he could to turn us off.
Ironically, "X-Men" director Brett Ratner was one of the names briefly considered to direct M:I:III during the shuffle of events that brought J.J. Abrams, of Alias" fame, to that movie and original X-Men director Bryan Singer to Superman Returns. Ratner, of course, was up for the latter job before Singer, as Singer was supposed to finish his X-Men trilogy.
And heres a little movie gossip for you: On Friday night, Ratner bought a bunch of tickets and took his friends, who included former fiancée Rebecca Gayheart, her husband, Salma Hayek and Ratners girlfriend Alina to Manns Chinese Theater in Hollywood to watch X Men 3 with a real audience. When the show was over, they ran into Singer, whod snuck in to see what Ratner had done with his franchise.
He kept saying, Its unbelievable, its unbelievable, says a source who was present at the accidental meeting. Singer, of course, must be kicking himself that he abandoned X-Men. (And who does that, by the way? What was he thinking?)
The big winner here is Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine. Now that X-Men: The Last Stand has proven to be a mega hit, Jackman will clean up with a sequel based on his character and perhaps featuring cameos from the others, if not a full-fledged romantic pairing with either Storm (Halle Berry) or Jean Grey (Famke Janssen).
Ratners stock also shoots up very high, as X-Men: The Last Stand enters the record books. He starts filming Rush Hour 3 (he also did the first two) for New Line Cinema in August, with locations in Paris and New York. That means that next summer, Ratner could own either Memorial Day (again) or July 4, making him the thinking mans Michael Bay, if nothing else.
