'X-Men: First Class' tops box office
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (June 3)
The origin story of the superheroes, starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and a cast full of current It Girls, including January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence and Zoë Kravitz.
Credit: 20th Century Fox
Young X-Men don't have the same box-office superpowers as their older selves.
"X-Men: First Class" opened at No. 1 with a $56 million weekend, The Associated Press reports. But the 20th Century Fox prequel, chronicling the formative years of the comic-book mutants, had the most modest debut weekend in the franchise. The first "X-Men" opened 11 years ago with $54.5 million, or about $80 million when adjusted for ticket-price inflation.
"X-Men: First Class" features James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as Professor X and Magneto, roles played by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the original film and sequels.
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