7. Best-selling World Wide
When you put a line of world renowned cast together, the world will turn their heads around to see what you got. People were getting in line to be the first to watch this movie worldwide.
According to IMDB, the X-Men Apocalypse gathered $281,493,524 of tickets revenue worldwide by June 3rd. That is only one week after it was released. How much profit have the producers gained? You do the math.
Of course, that number you see is their gross income. To promote a movie worldwide, you need to spend extra budget on promotion. One of the most effective promotions is sending the actors and actresses to world premieres.
Originally, this was supposed to be the last X-Men movie. But they announced that there will be at least two more upcoming X-Men movies. Well, it seems like those revenue number has changed their mind.