X-Fever: X-Men:The Last Stand brings in $107 million

The latest X-Men flick brought in $107 million in its opening weekend, giving it the fourth-biggest domestic opening weekend ever.

Reuters reports: "X-Men: The Last Stand" sold about $107 million worth of tickets in the three-day period from Friday to Sunday, said distributor 20th Century Fox. The News Corp.-owned studio said it hoped the film would open near the $86 million bow of its 2003 predecessor "X2: X-Men United."

By contrast, "Da Vinci" opened with $77 million a week ago, the highest bow so far this year. The Vatican conspiracy thriller slipped to No. 2, but sales data were not available as most studios were planning to report estimates for the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend on Monday.

The three-day record for a film opening on a Friday is held by 2002's "Spider-Man" ($115 million), followed by 2005's "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith ($108.4 million) and 2004's "Shrek 2" ($108 million).

In addition to taking over from "The Da Vinci Code" as the highest opening so far
this year, the new "X-Men" beats the nine-year-old Memorial Day weekend record held by "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" which opened to $72 million during its first three days. Lost World earned an additional $18 million during the Monday holiday.

Projections for the four-day period will be released on Monday, and final data on Tuesday.

Estimated top ten for this weekend:

1 (+) X-Men: The Last Stand .......... $107.0 million 107.0 million
2 (1) The Da Vinci Code ............... $33.5 million 136.0 million
3 (2) Over the Hedge .................. $27.3 million 76.3 million
4 (3) Mission: Impossible III .......... $6.6 million 113.9 million
5 (4) Poseidon ......................... $5.9 million 45.5 million
6 (5) RV ............................... $3.9 million 55.8 million
7 (6) See No Evil ...................... $2.5 million 8.5 million
8 (7) Just My Luck ..................... $1.8 million 13.4 million
9 (9) United 93 ............................ $740,000 29.6 million
10(8) An American Haunting ................. $700,000 14.7 million

NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. + indicates a new release. Figures are rounded. First figure is this weekend's take, the second is the total since opening.