The X-Men mutant superheroes smashed into US and Canadian theatres and collected $90.7 million in ticket sales through Sunday, keeping monster hit Godzilla at bay and heading towards a decisive win over a long holiday weekend.

X-Men: Days of Future Past was expected to bring in $110 million by the end of the US Memorial Day holiday yesterday, distributor 20th Century Fox said. The movie has already earned a global total of $261.8 million after opening at number one in 119 countries around the world.

Last week’s winner, monster movie remake Godzilla, dropped to second place with $31.4 million through Sunday, according to estimates from box office tracking firm Rentrak. Its sales were projected to reach $39 million by yesterday.

Romantic comedy Blended claimed the No. 3 spot, taking in $14.2 million.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is the seventh movie in the blockbuster Marvel Comics franchise about mutant superheroes.In the latest instalment, Hugh Jackman’s sharp-clawed Wolverine travels back in time to try and save the mutants from future destruction.

To alter history, he is drawn into battle with the blue, shape-shifting Mystique, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the $200 million film.

Godzilla, a remake of the classic 1954 Japanese monster movie, stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a naval officer who battles the rampaging beast.

Blended reunites Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as single parents who have a bad blind date, then find themselves staying at the same Afri­can resort with their children.

Rounding out the chart leaders, the Seth Rogen comedy Neighbors landed in fourth place with $13.9 million. Superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was fifth with $7.8 million.