Dark Phoenix Bombed Critics But Still Crushed Marvel’s New Mutants at Box Office!
As the series progressed and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) surpassed it in popularity, 20th Century Fox struggled to keep up. Following a faltering Wolverine trilogy, they managed to regain success with their rebooted universe and produced an all-time box office hit, X-Men: Days of Future Past. However, the story didn’t always go smoothly for Fox. In the end, this turbulence resulted in the last two films from the studio being among the least well-received and most financially disappointing of the entire series.