XD I Got "Monitored" AND "Mugged" by X-Men Movies India! :p

Okay, so from this post all you X-readers of mine (I'm starting to veer towards the term X-rays lol- how you'll like that?! haha) found out that I won not one but two contests that were held by the X-Men Movies India FB group...And I did promise all of you, pics of the merchandise once I picked it up right? Well this is that post & below are the pics! Just picked 'em up this afternoon! :D

This was the mug that I was talking about...Looks plain at first sight, but then check out the third & fourth pics below! :D

The mug's all worth it just for this awesome red logo that all we Marvel fans know & love! :)

Turn the mug on the right & you get the Fox studios logo!

Alright now imo Fox India has committed a grave sin by palming off X3 VCDs as one of the prizes LOL! What about the X1 & X2 VCDs? haha Anyways it's all good. Love the cover itself! lol

Now the mother of all prizes that I may have EVER won in any competition in my life! A 15" AOC LCD monitor!

Ahh! I can stare at this pretty pic for hours! LOL A hell lotta thanks goes out to the guys running the X-Men Movies India FB group! You guys ROCK!


And congrats to the two winners who won mugs & VCDs for the poster competition I wrote about here !

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XD I Got "Mugged" on my Birthday! :p

Okay, okay...So I know a post has been long time coming from me but I have a REAL valid reason X-fans: Monday (27th June) was my birthday. And having a party on Monday for pals ensured my weekend would be busy & hectic! But it was great, so thanks for asking! lol

Now how did I get "mugged" on my birthday. Well one of my best friends, Sheetal, gifted me this awesome surprise! She knows what a HUGE X-fanatic I really am- she's aware about the blog & how much I loved X-Men First Class & all that...So her gift was only fitting: a totally RAD X-Men First Class mug! It's so cool! Check out the pics below!

Do notice the nice touch of my cybername "njferns" in the bottom corners of the mug's picture!

Now you wouldn't know this but I won 2 out of 3 competitions held by the X-Men Movies India FB group. In fact I had got the call on Monday itself to go & collect the prizes! But being my birthday & all I obviously haven't done it yet.

The first contest was for the best profile pic that was posted on their Wall, having the custom-made XFC badge they had created for us X-fans in the group. You can see the profile pic I had created out here. For this I'm getting an X-Men First Class mug (yup another one for me! lol) & a X-Men VCD. The funny thing was that when I was unwrapping Sheetal's gift I was just telling her about getting an XFC mug for this contest & when I completely opened the gift & was getting her mug out I was stunned (I dunno for how long I had my mouth open! lol) & then we both had a hearty laugh!

For the second contest I won a 15" LCD monitor(!) for my answer to the question they posted:
Do you think humans need supernatural or mutant abilities to help bring crime to justice or can it be achieved without it?
My Answer: "As we have already seen, whether you have superpowers or not a mutant is very much capable for using them for good & evil. Just like we are capable of using our intelligence & talents for good & bad purposes...So it doesn't matter if you have superpowers, justice can still be achieved.
"Superpowers can make a Professor X but they can also make a Magneto. So powers never matter, its the heart, conscience & personality of a person that matters & their will to do & see good things happen in this world.Superpowers can never be the answer to fighting crime in a real world. For all you know it may cause more problems & complications."
What say X-fans? Agree with my answer? Or do you have another point of view? Would love to hear 'em!

Once I do collect these prizes, I'll definitely be updating this post posting about it! And don't worry guys, more regular posts from now on once again! :D

UPDATE (30/6/11): Check out all the pics of the prizes I won out here! yup, finally collected them this afternoon! :D

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Xtreme: X-Men Evolutions Variant Covers' Artwork

Okay so I have to admit- for hardcore X-fans, this will be old news. And I hadn't actually thought of putting this as my first post for comic book artwork...But I've seen quite a few people on this Facebook X-Men group talk about & gawk at these (nothing but awesome) variant covers that have been done just in time for the X-Men: First To Last (May) storyline. Christopher Yost returns to the X-Men with artists Paco Medina and Dalibor Talijic.

According to Marvel, the series will make you "discover the staggering consequences when Xavier’s first class arrives in the future to tackle their greatest foe yet! The next shocking X-Men arc starts right here and, when it’s all over, a major new figure will tower over the team’s past and their undecided future."

That's right! It goes right back to the First Class...Convenient huh? With the First Class movie out et all? The following "X-Men Evolutions" variant covers were released in mid-May & are brilliant pieces of artwork (very wallpaper-worthy). So I am posting all 13 pics that were released, out here...Each as been done by a different artist but all are equally EPIC! As always, click to enlarge the pics!

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Xstatic! X-Men First Class BO Takings: Weekend 2 & 3

So the US Box Office weekend 3 numbers are in!

Here's what the current US Box Office Top 5 looks like:
1. Green Lantern $52,685,000
2. Super 8 $21,250,000
3. Mr. Popper's Penguins $18,200,000
4. X-Men: First Class $11,500,000
5. The Hangover Part II $9,635,000
(Just FYI, Kung Fu Panda 2 fights for the no. 6 spot with $8,700,000 while Captain Jack Sparrow has sailed down to no. 8 with a booty of $6,236,000).

According to Box Office Mojo X-Men: First Class accumulated this $11 mil+ with it being screened at 3,375 cinemas across the US. This is 317 screens less than those of weekend 2. The Top 5 for weekend 2 is as below:
1. Super 8 $35,451,168
2. X-Men: First Class $24,128,986
3. The Hangover Part II $17,667,329
4. Kung Fu Panda 2 $16,543,166
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $10,945,764

So all those articles that were popping up all over the Net wondering if Super 8 could really upstage the First Class act by the X-Men got their answer- It did. But XFC still sat pretty at the number 2 spot.



I'm guessing it's the movie's studio (in this case Fox) that decides in how many cinemas a movie will screen. After seeing the tremendous response for the flick in Weekend 1 the number of screening theaters increased from 3,641 in weekend 1 to 3,692 for the next, enabling XFC get a cool $25 mil!

Though you can read about it in detail in this post, here's just a reminder about the first weekend takings:
1. X-Men: First Class $55,101,604
2. The Hangover Part 2 $31,381,234
3. Kung Fu Panda 2 $23,887,914
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $17,954,603
5. Bridesmaids $12,040,875

So there you have it guys! Our beloved X-Men First Class has totally netted in $119,925,000.

The movie was officially made on a budget of $160 million. But, they did receive up to $20 million back from tax cuts or breaks for filming overseas, etc., making the final budget around $140 million. And that's why you may find the budget figures fluctuate from article to article online.

You guys can scrutinize the Weekend 1, Weekend 2 & Weekend 3 figures for X-Men First Class & the other movies it had to battle all thanks to Box Office Mojo! Also special thanks to the 1 Million to save WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN Facebook group for the heads-up!

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Xhibit: My X-Men: First Class Poster Creation...

In the Xhibit segment I'll be posting works of my own :P related to the X-Men...I'd really appreciate your feedback on all of these.

Quite a while ago the X-Men Movies India page on Facebook had started a competition wherein we X-fans send our entries of our own poster creations for the movie. Still awaiting the results for the contest, so dunno yet if I've won.

I've already won for my FB profile pic I made (which is the same profile pic here too...) Hadn't created that dp for the contest itself but after posting it on that same group with the XFC badge they created, I won that contest! A larger version of that dp is below:



Anyways do check out the poster below & sound off in the comments section! What did you like about it & what can I do to make more awesome posters in the future...?

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Xstatic! X-Men First Class scores $120 mil over the weekend!

Well X-Men First Class could have done better in the US over the weekend, managing to rake in $56 million. Internationally however, it's attracted $64 million from 74 territories!

So that rounds up the first weekend's grand total to $120 million! Let's hope that word of mouth (not that there hasn't been enough of it already) helps XFC fare better in the weeks to come in the US. Green Lantern doesn't release until June 17, so it has time till then.

And then there's still India that's (the last country on Earth?) left to see the movie starting June 10! That should definitely add to the moolah...The X-Men Movies India Facebook page itself has 9000+ members currently!

If you wanna read more about the latest status of the X-numbers check out this link



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