Their ranks include Christopher Nolan, of The Dark Knight and Inception fame, and Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick-Ass and the upcoming X-Men: First Class.

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X-Men: First Class, released in 2011, took the X-Men storyline back to when Professor X and Magneto were young men and the origin of the group of mutants known as the X-Men and the Brotherhood of the Mutants.

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None of which is meant as a knock against Vaughn, as his films are excellent and X-Men: First Class was terrific.

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"X-Men First Class'" overseas receipts were 59 percent of its global total.

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News Corp. film studios also saw a revenue bump after several successful releases, including Rio, Rise of Planet of the Apes, and X-Men First Class.

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So if you look at the ratings on there right now, you can see that lots of critics like X-Men: First Class (87) but not many enjoyed The Hangover Part II (35).

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And next weekend X-Men: First Class hits theaters.

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