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
X-Men Blue a reference to storylines from the early 1990s when various comics in the X-Men franchise were best-sellers. The first issue was released April 12, 2017 and subsequent issues were released twice monthly. The storyline in "X-Men Blue" is a continuation of the 2012 series "All New X-Men". In February 2018, the spin-off sister book "X-Men Red" was released. The main cast of the book departed to a space mission, narrated in the "Poison-X" arc of the "Venom" comic book, which set up the "Venomized" crossover. Their absence was used to establish a new line-up. In September 2018, the series ended