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The Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Witness the origin.

20091h 47m6.3

After seeking to live a normal life after 200 years, Logan sets out to avenge a death by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.

IMDB
Share:
6.3/10
Rating
11,519
Votes
$150.0M
Budget
$373.1M
Revenue

In the Series

How X-Men Origins: Wolverine compares

Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Wolverine, not taken from this film’s own record.

#3 of 3
Rank in the series by rating

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) is the lowest-rated of the 3 rated films in The Wolverine series, at 6.3/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.9/10.

The first film
Where it sits in the series

It is the film that started the series, 8 years before the most recent entry, Logan (2017).

27%
Share of the series audience

Its 11,519 TMDB ratings are 27% of the 42,870 cast across the series.

Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Wolverine, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.

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