X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been plagued by both pirates and swine flu.  Many wondered in the movie might be cursed.  Well, if there was a X-Men Origins: Wolverine curse, then the curse appears to have been lifted.  On Friday, May 1, X-Men Origins: Wolverine had thirty-five million reasons to believe the film’s spell of bad luck is over.

By most estimates, X-Men Origins: Wolverine opened to a $35 million box office on Friday, boosted by strong midnight showings on Thursday night.  While the opening day didn’t break any records, it was a very solid opening day in the face of swine flu concerns that might have led some in affected states to avoid crowded movie studios.
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It’s like something out of a comic book, but unfortunately it’s all too real.  Just days before X-Men Origins: Wolverine was to have its Mexican premiere in Mexico City, Twentieth Century Fox has decided to delay the film’s premiere due to the swine flu outbreak.  The very name swine flu conjures up thoughts of something unleashed by a diabolical menace.

However, there is no super-villain behind swine flu, rather it is just a frightening new mutation of the flu.   In the irony of all ironies, a mutant flu with potentially deadly consequences is foiling the Mexican premiere date of a movie featuring the world’s deadliest mutant.

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