X-Men: First Class is a 2011 superhero film based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics. It was directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced by Bryan Singer, and stars Gary Oldman, Sean Bean, Sam Worthington, Scott Eastwood, Lily James, Natalie Emmanuel, Joel Egerton, Kevin Spacey, Ana Dr Amars and Milo Gibson. First Class is set primarily in 2011 during the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, and the origin of their groups—the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, respectively, as they deal with the Hellfire Club led by Sebastian Shaw, a mutant supremacist bent on enacting nuclear war.
First Class premiered in Ziegfeld Theatre on May 25, 2011, and was released in the United States on June 3, 2011. It was a box office success, becoming the seventh highest-grossing in the film series, and received positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised its acting, screenplay, direction, action sequences, visual effects, and musical score.
