X-Men: Phoenix Saga

X-Men: Phoenix Saga is a 2013 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. The film is the seventeenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third film in Volume Three. X-Men: Phoenix Saga is a sequel to X-Men and X-Men: Hellfire and was directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz. The film stars Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, James Franco as Scott Summers/Cyclops, JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix, Angela Bassett as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Dermot Mulroney as Hank McCoy/Beast, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Evan Peters as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Bobby Drake/Iceman, Mae Whitman as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, Shailene Woodley as Rogue, Ryan Guzman as John Allerdyce/Pyro, Nicole Kidman as Lilandra, Ian McKellan as Erik Lensherr/Magneto, and Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X.

The film was released on November 8, 2013.

Cast

 * Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
 * James Franco as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Jean Grey
 * Angela Bassett as Ororo Munroe/Storm
 * Dermot Mulroney as Hank McCoy/Beast
 * Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
 * Evan Peters as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver
 * Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Bobby Drake/Iceman
 * Mae Whitman as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat
 * Shailene Woodley as Rogue
 * Ryan Guzman as John Allerdyce/Pyro
 * Nicole Kidman as Lilandra
 * Ian McKellan as Erik Lensherr/Magneto
 * Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X

Box office
X-Men: Phoenix Saga grossed $564.6 million domestically and $588.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.153 billion. The film had a domestic opening weekend of $169.5 million, debuting at number one at the box office. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $383.7 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film.

Critical reception
X-Men: Phoenix Saga received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 92% with an average score of 8.20/10, based on 439 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Packed with action and populated by both familiar heroes and fresh villains, Phoenix Saga successfully wraps up the series' current story while injecting it with renewed energy." On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100 based on 55 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale; women, and people under the ages of 25 and 18 gave it an "A+", while 98% of audiences gave it either an "A" or a "B". Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film an 88% "definite recommend" while 96% said it met or exceeded their expectations.