X Men The Last Stand Movie

DOES a last stand by the X-Men stand a chance against the return of Superman? As far as director Brett Ratner is concerned, the multicolored, weather-changing, shape-shifting mutants have it hands -- and knuckle-popping razor claws -- down. For those keeping score at home, Ratner was originally one of several directors attached to this summer's much-heralded "Superman Returns."

IT took four years to construct the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And it took a year to create the spectacular sequence in "X-Men: The Last Stand" in which the rebellious mutant Magneto and his band uproot the 69-year-old suspension bridge and send it sailing through the air. "It was the end of April 2005 when I started designing shots for that sequence," says visual effects supervisor John Bruno, "and that was the last sequence that we finished at the end of this April."

IT took four years to construct the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And it took a year to create the spectacular sequence in "X-Men: The Last Stand" in which the rebellious mutant Magneto and his band uproot the 69-year-old suspension bridge and send it sailing through the air. "It was the end of April 2005 when I started designing shots for that sequence," says visual effects supervisor John Bruno, "and that was the last sequence that we finished at the end of this April."

"X-Men: The Last Stand" marked the spot in Hollywood's record books Monday, grossing $120.1 million over four days in the U.S. and Canada to shatter Memorial Day marks and bolster the industry's box-office rebound. The 20th Century Fox comic-based adventure about misunderstood mutant heroes staged one of the biggest premieres ever, trouncing previous films opening over the weekend that traditionally signals the start of the summer movie season.

"X-Men: The Last Stand" marked the spot in Hollywood's record books Monday, grossing $120.1 million over four days in the U.S. and Canada to shatter Memorial Day marks and bolster the industry's box-office rebound. The 20th Century Fox comic-based adventure about misunderstood mutant heroes staged one of the biggest premieres ever, trouncing previous films opening over the weekend that traditionally signals the start of the summer movie season.

The third installment in 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" franchise had the biggest-ever start for a Memorial Day weekend film, with the movie grossing an estimated $107 million in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday. Although complete results for the holiday weekend are expected to be released today, "X-Men: The Last Stand" is already one of the biggest film openings. According to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co.

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The third installment in 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" franchise had the biggest-ever start for a Memorial Day weekend film, with the movie grossing an estimated $107 million in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday. Although complete results for the holiday weekend are expected to be released today, "X-Men: The Last Stand" is already one of the biggest film openings. According to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co.

DOES a last stand by the X-Men stand a chance against the return of Superman? As far as director Brett Ratner is concerned, the multicolored, weather-changing, shape-shifting mutants have it hands -- and knuckle-popping razor claws -- down. For those keeping score at home, Ratner was originally one of several directors attached to this summer's much-heralded "Superman Returns."