X-Men (2000), also searched as X Men 2000, is Bryan Singer's 104 minute superhero film and the first entry in the Fox X-Men series, released in US theaters on July 14, 2000. It stars Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Professor X and Ian McKellen as Magneto, and it sits third in chronological order, after X-Men: First Class and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film earned about $296 million worldwide on a $75 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo, and it streams on Disney Plus in the US, UK and Australia.
X-Men (2000) is about a world that fears mutants, and about the two old friends who disagree on how to answer that fear. The film, directed by Bryan Singer, opens in 1944 at Auschwitz, where a young Erik Lehnsherr is torn from his parents and bends a metal gate with his mind.
The story then jumps to the near future. Senator Kelly pushes for a law that would force mutants to register, and the telepath Charles Xavier fears how the grown up Erik, now called Magneto, will react. Elsewhere, a teenager named Marie, who drains the powers and life force of anyone she touches, runs away from home and meets the drifter Logan in Canada. After the pair are attacked by Sabretooth, two X-Men rescue them and take them to Xavier's school for gifted mutants.
That setup splits the film between the school and Magneto's Brotherhood, and everything after it is spoiler territory. If you are new to the saga, the x men movies hub shows where this first film sits among the others.
XavierPatrick Stewart
SabretoothTyler Mane
ToadRay ParkMore of the cast: Jimmy Star (Police Officer (uncredited)), Stan Lee (Hot Dog Vendor), Shawn Roberts (Rogue's Boyfriend), Kevin Rushton (Stu), Shawn Ashmore (Bobby Drake), Dan Duran (Newscaster #3).
| Market | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| US | July 14, 2000confirmed | boxofficemojo.com |
| UK | August 18, 2000reported | boxofficemojo.com |
| AU | July 13, 2000reported | boxofficemojo.com |
| Market | Subscription | Rent or buy |
|---|---|---|
| US | Disney Plus | Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home |
| UK | Disney Plus | Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube |
| AU | Disney Plus | Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV |
Streaming availability data from JustWatch, checked 2026-11-03.
| Director | Bryan Singer |
|---|---|
| Writers | Tom DeSanto, David Hayter, Bryan Singer |
| Producers | Ralph Winter, Lauren Shuler Donner |
| Music | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| Budget | $75 million |
|---|---|
| Domestic (US and Canada) | $157 million |
| International | $139 million |
| Worldwide | $296 million |
| Worldwide, in September 2026 dollars | $580 million |
X-Men box office for every film.
Michael Kamen composed the score for X-Men (2000), and the music was released on the album "X-Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" through Decca Records on July 11, 2000. The release is a score album with 12 tracks, so it collects Kamen's orchestral work for the film rather than a set of licensed songs.
That timing is useful if you are tracking the film's rollout. The album reached listeners three days before the film opened in US theaters on July 14, 2000, which put Kamen's themes for Bryan Singer's first mutant film in circulation just ahead of the premiere weekend.
The music data for this film lists no featured songs, so there is no tracklist of artists and titles to attach to specific scenes. In my opinion, that fits a film built around its ensemble and its ideas about prejudice, where the score carries the mood from the 1944 camp prologue to Xavier's school and beyond.
For the composers and albums across the whole series, visit x men soundtrack.
Sources: musicbrainz.org, themoviedb.org
In X-Men (2000), Magneto's plan to turn world leaders into mutants is stopped on the Statue of Liberty, and Wolverine saves Rogue by giving her some of his healing power, which leaves him in a coma. Everything before that moment is a chase around one idea: Magneto needs Rogue.
The film opens in 1944, when young Erik Lehnsherr discovers his magnetic powers while being separated from his family at a camp. In the present, Senator Kelly campaigns for a Mutant Registration Act while Professor Xavier, who runs a school for young mutants, worries about his old friend Magneto. Marie, who goes by Rogue, flees after putting her boyfriend into a coma with a kiss, and she meets the gruff, clawed Logan, who is also called Wolverine. Sabretooth attacks them, but Cyclops and Storm save them and bring them to Xavier's mansion.
Magneto's Brotherhood then kidnaps Kelly, and Magneto uses a machine on him that turns him into a mutant. Kelly escapes, but his new body is unstable. Mystique, disguised as Rogue's friend Bobby, tricks Rogue into leaving the school, and she also sabotages Cerebro, which leaves Xavier in a coma. Logan finds Rogue at a train station and tries to bring her home, but Magneto appears and takes her.
The X-Men learn that Magneto means to use Rogue's absorbing power to run his machine, which would kill her, and that he plans to turn the world leaders gathering at a summit on Ellis Island into mutants. The team fights the Brotherhood on the Statue of Liberty. Cyclops stops Magneto and Logan wrecks the machine. Logan then gives Rogue some of his healing power, which saves her and leaves him in a coma.
X-Men (2000) premiered on July 12, 2000 at Ellis Island in New York, two days before its US release on July 14, 2000. Ellis Island is also where the finale's world leaders' summit is set.
The release dates differ by market. Australia saw the film on July 13, 2000, and the UK followed on August 18, 2000, though those two dates are reported by Box Office Mojo rather than confirmed by a studio. It carries a PG-13 rating in the US, a 12 in the UK and an M in Australia, and the running time is 104 minutes. In North America it opened in 3,025 theaters.
Box Office Mojo lists a $75 million budget against $157 million domestic, $139 million international and $296 million worldwide. For every film side by side, see x men box office, and to place this release among the rest, use x men movies in order.
The ending of X-Men (2000) leaves Magneto in a plastic prison, Wolverine heading to Canada to find his past, and Mystique free, and each of those three threads is a hook for what follows. After the Statue of Liberty fight, Xavier and Logan both recover. The X-Men find out that Mystique escaped by posing as Senator Kelly, so a shapeshifter who can pass as anyone is still out there.
Then comes the scene I would point to first. Xavier sends Logan toward an abandoned military site in Canada where he might learn about his past, which turns the lone drifter into a man with a mission. It could be argued that this is the film's way of promising a Wolverine story without delivering it, and the later x men origins wolverine and the wolverine 2013 are what eventually took up that promise.
The final exchange is the quieter one. Xavier visits Magneto in his plastic prison cell, where Magneto promises to escape and carry on his fight, and Xavier replies that he will be there to stop him. In my opinion, that short conversation is the real thesis of the film, because it frames the conflict as a friendship that has gone wrong rather than a simple hero and villain split. x men first class later cast James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as the younger Charles and Erik, and it opens in 1944 just as this film does, so the two stories answer each other across more than a decade of releases.
Perhaps the neatest thing about the ending is that it closes the immediate threat, the machine and the summit plan, while keeping every relationship open. Rogue is safe, Logan is searching, and Mystique is loose. That is where x2 x men united begins, with Wolverine away searching for clues about his own past.
X-Men (2000) was filmed mostly in Toronto and Burlington, Ontario, in Canada. Principal photography ran from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000.
Toronto supplied the city locations, including the Distillery District, Casa Loma, Roy Thomson Hall and Metro Hall. The biggest stand in was in Burlington, where Spencer Smith Park stood in for Liberty Island, the setting of the final fight between the X-Men and the Brotherhood. In other words, the Statue of Liberty battle was staged in Burlington. If you plan to follow the film around the Toronto area, those named places are the ones to look up.
X-Men (2000) trivia centers on casting changes, costume decisions, composer choices and the filming schedule.
For the next steps in the series, the x men timeline lays out the story in order, and x men reviews collects our verdicts as they are written.
Magneto kidnaps Senator Kelly, turns him into a mutant and then captures Rogue to power a machine that would turn world leaders into mutants at a summit on Ellis Island. The X-Men fight the Brotherhood on the Statue of Liberty, Cyclops stops Magneto and Logan wrecks the machine. Logan then gives Rogue some of his healing power to save her, which leaves him in a coma.
Watch X2 (2003) next. It comes second in release order and fourth in chronological order, and it follows directly on from the ending. If you follow chronological order, X-Men: First Class and X-Men Origins: Wolverine come before this film, and X2 still follows it. See x men movies in order for both lists.
X-Men (2000) is based on Marvel characters but belongs to the Fox X-Men series, which runs from this film to Dark Phoenix (2019). Marvel Studios is now developing its own X-Men film, dated May 5, 2028 in US theaters, with Jake Schreier directing, according to TheWrap. For the new project, see the new x men movie page.
X-Men (2000) is the oldest X-Men movie in the series, the first in release order, released in the US on July 14, 2000. It is not the earliest story, though, because X-Men: First Class and X-Men Origins: Wolverine are set before it, so it is third in chronological order. The full list is in how many x men movies.
As of November 3, 2026, X-Men (2000) streams on Disney Plus in the US, UK and Australia, according to JustWatch via TMDB. In the US you can also rent it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. In the UK you can rent from Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video and Sky Store, and in Australia you can buy it from Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube and Fetch TV. For other films, see where to watch x men.
Rebecca Romijn plays Mystique, Tyler Mane plays Sabretooth and Famke Janssen plays Jean Grey. Ray Park plays Toad, Anna Paquin plays Rogue and Halle Berry plays Storm.
