Box Office
Underperformed · 1.3xBudget$200M
Worldwide Gross$252.4M
Dark Phoenix sticks to classic X-Men themes of power, trauma, and team conflict without any identity politics or social messaging as the driver. The result is safe, story-focused entertainment with a low 3/10 woke score.
Dark Phoenix centers on Jean Grey absorbing a cosmic force during a space mission, gaining immense power she cannot control, leading to instability, accidental harm to teammates including killing Mystique, and a confrontation involving alien D'Bari seeking to exploit her.
The narrative follows classic X-Men comic arcs of power, trauma, and team conflict with mental health undertones, without identity politics as the premise or driver. Casting follows franchise continuity: Sophie Turner as white Jean Grey, Alexandra Shipp as black Storm per comics lore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, with no race or gender swaps of established characters.
We've run a full content analysis on Dark Phoenix and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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Sophie Turner
Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix
James McAvoy
Charles Xavier / Professor X
Nicholas Hoult
Hank McCoy / Beast
Tye Sheridan
Scott Summers / Cyclops
Michael Fassbender
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
Alexandra Shipp
Ororo Munroe / Storm
Evan Peters
Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
Jessica Chastain
Vuk
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Jennifer Lawrence
Raven Darkholme / Mystique
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