The first of Fox's big-budget X-Men spin-offs got the 2009 summer season into full swing as the superhero pic X-Men Origins: Wolverine slashed the competition with with a powerful $85.1 million opening, posting the fifth largest debut in history for the first weekend of May.
Budgeted at a hefty $150 million, the Hugh Jackman starrer averaged a scorching $20,751 in 4,099 theaters (a studio record), posting the twelfth largest May opening ever. The biggest May opening of all-time still belongs to 2007's Spider-Man 3, which also posted a $151 million three-day bow over the first weekend of May. Wolverine also became the fifth biggest first weekend of May opening ever, behind only Spider-Man 3, 2002's Spider-Man ($114.8m), 2008's Iron Man ($98.6m), and 2003's X2: X-Men United ($85.6m). Among the X-Men franchise, Wolverine ranks third, behind 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and X2. The original X-Men opened in 2000 with $54.4 million.
Directed by Gavin Hood, reviews were relatively poor for Wolverine, but thanks to a massive marketing campaign from Fox the film managed a monstrous $35 million opening day on Friday, followed by a 27% drop to $21.3 million on Saturday. Though Marvel Studios opened its own film studio to develop new franchises like Iron Man and The Avengers on its own, Fox still has a development deal with Marvel for the X-Men series. Up next for the franchise is a Magneto origin pic, with a release date set for summer 2011.
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The numbers, May 1-3, 2009
| THE TOP TEN | Weekend | Theaters | Avg. | Total Gross | %+- | Wks | Distributor | |
| 1 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $87,000,000 | 4,099 | $21,225 | $87,000,000 | -- | 1 | Fox |
| 2 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $15,325,000 | 3,175 | $4,827 | $15,325,000 | -- | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Obsessed | $12,200,000 | 2,514 | $4,853 | $47,002,000 | -57.4 | 2 | Sony |
| 4 | 17 Again | $6,355,000 | 3,255 | $1,952 | $48,497,000 | -44.8 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $5,800,000 | 2,626 | $2,209 | $182,405,000 | -31.9 | 6 | Paramount |
| 6 | The Soloist | $5,600,000 | 2,033 | $2,755 | $18,108,000 | -42.4 | 2 | Paramount |
| 7 | Earth | $4,184,000 | 1,804 | $2,319 | $21,848,000 | -52.6 | 2 | Buena Vista |
| 8 | Fighting | $4,173,000 | 2,312 | $1,805 | $17,507,000 | -62.1 | 2 | Universal |
| 9 | Hannah Montana The Movie | $4,075,000 | 2,819 | $1,446 | $70,857,000 | -36.7 | 4 | Buena Vista |
| 10 | State of Play | $3,655,000 | 2,445 | $1,495 | $30,883,000 | -46.6 | 3 | Universal |
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