X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
93%RT Audience Score: 91%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
16 wins & 48 nominations total
X-Men: Days of Future Past combines the best elements of the series to produce a satisfyingly fast-paced outing that ranks among the franchise’s finest installments.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is like a superhero version of Back to the Future, but with more mutants and less DeLoreans. The time-traveling plot is complex, but the cast does a great job of keeping it all together, even when they’re spouting off scientific jargon that would make Sheldon Cooper proud. And let’s be real, who doesn’t love a good time-travel movie? Plus, with a cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Michael Fassbender, it’s hard not to be entertained. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the mutant mayhem.
Production Company(ies)
Icon Entertainment International, The Ladd Company, B. H. Finance C.V.
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG- 13 for sequences of intense sci-fi violence and action, some suggestive material, nudity and language
Year of Release
2014
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos Datasat SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 11m
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Language(s):English, Vietnamese, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 2014 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 14, 2014
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Elliot Page, Peter Dinklage, directed by Bryan Singer, written by Simon Kinberg, action, adventure, fantasy, PG-13, box office, budget, reviewed by David Sims, Katey Rich, David Stratton, Mark Kermode, Kevin Maher, Leonard Maltin, Robert Sims, Kip Mooney, Don Shanahan, Richard Crouse, Mike Massie, MaryAnn Johanson, mutants, Sentinels, time travel, X-Men, Wolverine, Charles Xavier, Magneto, Mystique, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Dr Bolivar Trask, Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, 20th Century Fox, Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Worldwide gross: $746,045,700
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $932,368,541
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 106
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 101,675,959
US/Canada gross: $233,921,534
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $292,342,787
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 200
US/Canada opening weekend: $90,823,660
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $113,506,617
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 69
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $200,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $249,949,444
Production budget ranking: 36
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $134,597,776
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $547,821,321
ROI to date (est.): 142%
ROI ranking: 786
James McAvoy – Young Charles Xavier
Michael Fassbender – Young Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence – Raven, Mystique
Halle Berry – Ororo Munroe, Storm
Elliot Page – Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat
Director(s)
Bryan Singer
Writer(s)
Simon Kinberg
Producer(s)
Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
16 wins & 48 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (331) | Top Critics (75) | Fresh (299) | Rotten (32)
It is especially impressive that Days of Future Past is a success; a film this gooey and complex, with such business-minded scope, should not feel like a real movie at all.
September 22, 2016
David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
In an age when more and more movies just feel like stepping-stones toward the next, bigger things, is it so much to ask that it be a good movie all on its own?
July 13, 2015
Katey Rich
Vanity Fair
TOP CRITIC
I guess I am a sucker for these sort of time travel films, travelling back in time to change the course of history.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
It trots along at a fair old pace, the cast doing a sterling job of keeping straight faces while spouting quasi-scientific gobbledegook.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Here’s the thing about comic book heroes. Despite all the noble talk about metaphors, idealism, truth and justice, they’re basically just bully-boy fantasies of limitless male aggression… The X-Men, however, have always aspired to something different.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
“X-Men: Days Of Future Past” is vibrant and entertaining.
June 2, 2014
Leonard Maltin
leonardmaltin.com
TOP CRITIC
A successful attempt to right the wrongs of The Last Stand, address the continuity issues between the original trilogy and X-Men Origins: Wolverine and First Class, and reboot the franchise in almost the same way as Star Trek.
January 22, 2022
Robert Sims
Lights Camera Austin
One of the darkest and most complicated stories in the Marvel universe has been successfully translated to the screen.
August 31, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
With grand returns of beloved stars and fan-favorite characters supported by the growth and integration of new blood, the result is one of the most extraordinary and remarkable film franchise rescues ever thought possible.
April 12, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Don Shanahan
Every Movie Has a Lesson
The only things larger than the movie’s lengthy list of stars are the big ideas contained within.
February 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
The bland antagonists merely pose the threat that requires tampering with the past, allowing the majority of the adventure to focus on the more standout heroes.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.
October 7, 2020
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher…
Plot
In the future, the mutants and the humans who help them are slaughtered by powerful robots named Sentinels. Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Kitty Pryde, and her friends meet at a monastery in China and Xavier explains that the invincible Sentinels were created using the DNA of Mystique that was captured in 1973 when she tried to assassinate their creator Dr. Bolivar Trask. Xavier tells that their only chance is return to 1973 using Pryde’s ability to join Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr to convince Mystique to give up her intention. However, only Wolverine can withstand the damages of the time travel. Will he succeed in stopping Mystique and the Sentinel Program, and save the mutants and their human friends from annihilation?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Hugh Jackman returns as Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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