The X-Men franchise ran for over two decades across two separate continuities before folding into the MCU, and its biggest hit didn’t arrive until Wolverine crossed over into the Marvel universe. Here’s how every X-Men movie ranks by worldwide box office.
Highest-Grossing X-Men Movies: Quick Info
| Rank | Movie | Year | Worldwide Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 | $1.338 billion |
| 2 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014 | $746 million |
| 3 | X-Men: Apocalypse | 2016 | $543.9 million |
| 4 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | $460.4 million |
| 5 | X2: X-Men United | 2003 | $407.7 million |
| 6 | X-Men | 2000 | $296.3 million |
| 7 | Dark Phoenix | 2019 | $252.4 million |
Wolverine’s MCU Crossover Changed Everything
No standalone X-Men film ever crossed the $1 billion mark, not even fan-favorite Days of Future Past. It took Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine stepping into the MCU alongside Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool & Wolverine to finally push an X-Men-adjacent film past that milestone, and it did so by more than $300 million. With mutants now confirmed for future MCU projects, the franchise’s box office ceiling has clearly gone up.
FAQs
Q1. What is the highest-grossing X-Men movie of all time?
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), with $1.338 billion worldwide, though it’s technically an MCU crossover film.
Q2. What is the highest-grossing pure X-Men film?
X-Men: Days of Future Past leads the standalone franchise with $746 million worldwide.
Q3. Why didn’t any solo X-Men film cross $1 billion?
The franchise ran mostly before the MCU-style shared-universe box office boom, and its ensemble stories rarely had the marketing scale of Avengers-level crossovers.
Q4. Will there be more X-Men movies in the MCU?
Marvel Studios has confirmed mutants are entering the MCU, with new X-Men projects expected after the Multiverse Saga concludes.
Source: Wikipedia
