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Bryan Singer Director | previously directed X-Men |
The sequel to the first X-Men movie. Wolverine continues to try and unravel his past as Magneto's Brotherhood and the X-Men must team up to defeat a common enemy.
Ian McKellen (who is openly gay) worked with screen writers to make Iceman's reveal to his parents that he is a mutant to appear like a realistic "coming-out" scene.
16 More TriviaThe first made in the series and the third chronologically. X2 picks up where the first film left off.
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Michael Dougherty | Screenplay |
| Dan Harris | Screenplay | |
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David Hayter | Story & Screenplay |
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Zak Penn | Story |
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Bryan Singer | Story |
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Jack Kirby | Characters; Comic |
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Stan Lee | Characters; Comic |
| review | X-ceptional Sequel (3 out of 5) | SnowyMountain |
| review | Simply awesome from thrilling start to explosive end (5 out of 5) | MrWright |
| blog | Revisiting the X-Men films | Delta_Assault |
| blog | Marvel Films | Danial79 |
| Domestic | $214,949,694 |
| Foreign | +$192,761,855 |
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| Domestic | $214,949,694 |
| Foreign | +192,761,855 |