X-Men: Apocalypse
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| Directed by | Bryan Singer |
| Screenplay by | Simon Kinberg |
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| Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
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| Music by | John Ottman |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 144 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[2][3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $178 million[4] |
| Box office | $543.9 million[4] |
X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the X-Men. The sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), it is the sixth mainline installment in the X-Men film series and the ninth installment overall. The film was directed by Bryan Singer from a screenplay by Simon Kinberg, based on a story by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till. In the film, the ancient mutant En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse is inadvertently revived in 1983 and plans to recreate the world in his own image, leading the X-Men to try to stop him and defeat his team of mutants.
The film was announced by Singer in December 2013, with Kinberg, Dougherty, and Harris attached to develop the story. Casting began in October 2014, while principal photography commenced in April 2015 in Montreal and ended in August of the same year.
X-Men: Apocalypse premiered in London on May 9, 2016, and was released in the United States on May 27, 2016, in RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, 4DX and Dolby Cinema formats by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, titled Dark Phoenix, was released on June 7, 2019.
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- ^ "X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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