

Patrick Stewart later reprised his role as Charles Xavier / Professor X from the series in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). In October 2020, the films in the X-Men series, along with the Fantastic Four films, were rebranded as Marvel Legacy films on Disney+. In March 2019, Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the X-Men, along with the Fantastic Four and Deadpool, after Disney acquired Fox for $71.3 billion they are planned to be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). With thirteen films released, the X-Men film series is the ninth-highest-grossing film series, having grossed over $6 billion worldwide. The X-Men film series have been well received by several critics during its run, with X-Men: Days of Future Past and Logan being their most acclaimed films and with both being considered to be two of the greatest superhero films ever made.

After numerous drafts, Bryan Singer was hired to direct the first film, released in 2000, and its sequel, X2 (2003), while the third installment of the original trilogy, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), was directed by Brett Ratner.Īfter each film outgrossed its predecessor, several spin-off films were released, including three Wolverine films (2009–2017), four X-Men prequel films (2011–2019), two Deadpool films (2016–2018), and two television series – Legion (2017–2019) and The Gifted (2017–2019) – with the stand-alone The New Mutants concluding the series in 2020 after a 20-year-long run. 20th Century Fox obtained the film rights to the team and other related characters in 1994 for $2,600,000. X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.
