After years of delays and postponements, the new incarnation of the X-men, The New Mutants, has finally landed on the big screen. Considering the circumstances, its first weekend was not bad with $7 million dollars in box offices in North America and $3 million on its opening day, which is the biggest opening for a movie after the theaters reopening.
It’s still difficult to gauge the movie’s success, as only 62% of theaters are currently open under capacity restrictions. But considering the road the movie had taken, it is kind of a miracle it has opened at all.
The movie production ended originally in 2017 and it was first scheduled to be released in April 2018. It’s been pushed back twice, once to February 2019, and then again to August 2019 before Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and pushed it back yet again to April 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak became the last hurdle.
During these multiple delays, the movie underwent changes and several tweaking sessions. Some Fox executives have even been rumored to suggest a complete reshooting of the movie. After a major restructuring, Josh Boone, the director, said he made more changes when Disney took over.
