Word: x-men
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...less good for the industry. Marvel has long held the largest market share of comics, and comic sales have been sluggish for the last 10 years. Many comic book retailers now rely on ancillary products to stay in business and have invested heavily in the merchandise surrounding the X-Men movie. If they can't sell their X-Men stuff they may have to cut their losses by buying fewer comics all around...
...studios won't be the only ones worrying about the success of the X-Men movie. Many in the comic book industry, where the X-Men began, are holding their breath...
...Marvel Entertainment Group, publisher of the original X-Men comic series, and coproducer of the movie, has only just recently come out of bankruptcy and still carries a large amount of debt. How much the company depends on the success of the movie to carry it along is unclear...
...generated thousands in Gladiator and The Patriot. And that's not all. See Kevin Bacon disappear in The Hollow Man! See Eddie Murphy dance with himself in the sequel to The Nutty Professor! See Rocky and Bullwinkle act with Robert De Niro! See Rebecca Romijn-Stamos turn blue in X-Men...
...mutants replace humans on top of the evolutionary ladder? Translating a comic book onto the silver screen is no easy task-just ask Joel Schumacher of Batman infamy. But die-hard X-fans rejoiced when Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects) signed on to direct the adaptation of the most popular comic book of all time. Singer's reputation for making edgy, character-driven films ensures that X-Men will have substance underneath all the flash. Add to this an A-list cast (Stewart was born to play Professor X) and a healthy dose of special effects...