And ultimately, thefilm stands out as theworst-rated title from Fox’sX-MenUniverseof all time.

At just a 22% score from critics, the film was widely picked apart and critiqued.

And, to be fair, many of the criticisms make sense.

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In fact, it’s the lowest theatrically released Marvel movie ever made.

ButThe New Mutantsdidn’t manage to break evenon that figure.

The thing is,Dark Phoenixwrapped up a four-part serieswith a cast that became beloved.

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It still underperformed, and it lost the studio money, but the result is not a catastrophic failure.

This was also likely aided by the investment in marketing the movie, whichThe New Mutantsdid not get.

The issue withThe New Mutantsis that the movie actually finished filming in 2017.

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