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“X-Men: Days of Future Past,” the latest film in the Marvel Comics series about mutants with super powers, opened with U.S. and Canadian weekend sales of $90.7 million for 21st Century Fox, easily surpassing its 2011 predecessor.

“X-Men” pushed aside “Godzilla,” a new take on the 1950s monster film, to claim the No. 1 spot in the extended U.S. Memorial Day weekend, Rentrak Corp. said in an e-mailed statement Sunday. “Godzilla” garnered $31.4 million for Legendary Entertainment LLC and its partner and distributorWarner Bros., placing second. “Blended,” a Warner Bros. romantic comedy, opened third with $14.2 million.

Studios often look to sequels to outdraw the previous films. “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” starringHugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart, is the second of a new trilogy that Fox is producing. Six previous pictures have collected $2.4 billion globally for the studio since 2000. “X-Men: First Class,” which kicked off the new series in 2011, took in $55.1 million in its debut.

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