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X-Men First Class is a prequel to the X-Men film series, focussing on the relationship between Charles Xavier (later Professor X), and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) and how their respective groups (X-men and Brotherhood of Mutants) came up. Xavier is an Oxford university graduate, working on his thesis on mutation, while Lensherr is on pursuit of Dr. Schmidt who killed his mother. The movie tells the story of how these two young men meet, become best friends and discover their powers with other mutants, fights together to stop a third world war, and later becomes arch enemies.
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Box Office Stats:
- Budget - $140–160 million (estimated)
- Opening Weekend - $55,101,604 (USA) (5 June 2011) (3641 Screens)
- Gross - $320,413,016
