X-Men (film) while most other territories would get the film in August. Marvel Studios was depending on "X-Men"s success to ignite other franchise properties ("Spider-Man", "Fantastic Four", "Hulk", and "Daredevil"). "X-Men" grossed $157.3 million in the United States and Canada and $139 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $296.3 million, against a production budget of $75 million, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2000 domestically and ninth worldwide. In North America, "X-Men" opened on Friday, July 14, 2000, and made $20.8 million on its opening day. The film earned $54.5 million in its opening weekend, averaging $18,007 per theater, and
World War Hulk: X-Men announcement over Manhattan, the Hulk arrives at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. He states that he wants to see Professor X, but Beast refuses and a fight begins. The New X-Men—consisting of Surge, Hellion, Mercury, Dust, Rockslide, Elixir and X-23—battle the Hulk; The Hulk soundly defeats them and then the Astonishing X-Men arrive. Professor X finally arrives and the Hulk asks him how he would've voted had he been present when Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Strange and Black Bolt decided to shoot him into space. Issue Two: Professor X telepathically scans the Hulk's mind and so witnesses all