Jackman’s ‘Wolverine’ Leads Weekend Pack With $87M
You can’t keep a good X-Man down.
Hugh Jackman’s movie prequel “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” has leaped to the top of the box office with an $87 million opening weekend.
That put the movie right in the pack with the three previous “X-Men” movies in which Jackman played mutant superhero Wolverine.
But “Wolverine” came in ahead of the first two movies. “X-Men” did $54.5 million in its first weekend and “X2: X-Men United” took in $85.6 million.
“Wolverine” also pulled in $73 million in 101 overseas markets, giving it a worldwide total of $160 million. The movie’s debut in Mexico was delayed for two weeks because of the swine flu outbreak there.
The Warner Bros. romantic comedy “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, debuted in second place with $15.3 million.
