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Bryan Singer\u2019s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE<\/a> brought in an estimated $22.3 million (domestic)<\/strong> during the weekend, a 66% drop from its opening 3-day weekend haul of $65 million. This was a bigger drop than expected, with competition coming from “Ninja Turtles” and other similarly-themed theatrical releases.<\/p>\n Analysts predict “Apocalypse” will end up making no more than $160-165 million in the states, which is below the film’s production budget of $178 million. To compare, the first “X-Men” in 2000 finished with $157 million, “Days of Future Past” with $233 million and “Deadpool” with $362 million.<\/p>\n Audiences overseas are bringing the heat though, with the film earning more than $84.4 million during the weekend. That number includes China’s impressive opening of $59 million, which is Fox’s second-largest opening in the country. International numbers now stand at $286 million, bringing the current worldwide total to more than $400.9 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite praise from fans and the general public with an A- Cinemascore<\/a>, “Apocalypse” received one of the worst Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> scores compared to any other film in the X-Men franchise (besides “X-Men Origin: Wolverine”) with 48%.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a challenging marketplace, to be sure, but the domestic opening coupled with the international rollout puts us in terrific shape,\u201d said Fox domestic distribution chief, Chris Aronson to Variety<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n