X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class
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Directed byMatthew Vaughn
Screenplay by
Story by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
Edited by
  • Lee Smith
  • Eddie Hamilton
Music byHenry Jackman
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25) (Ziegfeld Theatre)
  • June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01) (United Kingdom)
  • June 3, 2011 (2011-06-03) (United States)
Running time
131 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$140–160 million
Box office$353 million

X-Men: First Class (stylized on-screen as X: First Class) is a 2011 superhero movie. It is based on the fictional Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and written by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman and Vaughn, the movie stars an ensemble cast led by James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon.It is both a prequel and soft reboot to X-Men (2000), the fifth installment in the X-Men movie series, and the first film in the X-Men prequel quadrilogy.

The movie is the fifth installment of the X-Men Cinematic Universe and is the first movie of the X-Men: Beginnings series.

Cast

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "X-Men First Class (2011)". British Film Institute. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  4. ↑ Bentley, David (May 23, 2011). "X-Men: First Class gets a UK rating and official running time". Coventry Telegraph. Coventry, UK. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2011. The upcoming prequel, released on June 1, has a runtime of 131 minutes 32 seconds.
  5. 1 2 3 "X-Men: First Class (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Film: X-Men: First Class". European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ McClintock, Pamela (June 2, 2011). "Box Office Preview: 'X-Men: First Class' Expected to Bump 'Hangover II' From Top Spot". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

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