 "X-Men" grossed $157.3million in the United States and Canada and $139million in other territories for a worldwide total of $296.3million, against a production budget of $75million, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2000 domestically and ninth worldwide.In North America, "X-Men" opened on Friday, July 14, 2000, and made $20.8million on its opening day.The film earned $54.5million in its opening weekend, averaging $18,007 per theater, and having the highest-grossing opening weekend for a superhero film (surpassing "Batman Forever"s $52.7million), a non-sequel and a July release (surpassing "Men in Black"s $51.1million).