Mia Goth’s Villain Could Return: MaXXXine Director Raises Hopes for a Sequel Film After X Trilogy Films Make a Whopping Profit

X and Pearl director Ti West might not be done with the franchise even after the release of MaXXXine.

By Shweta Kapoor
Edited by Divyashree Shashidhar

Last Updated on: 2 July, 2024 | 10:02 AM

Maxine Minx returns to the screens as Ti West brings MaXXXine to theaters this July. Mia Goth plays both positive (Maxine) and negative (Pearl) characters in the trilogy. As the date approaches, director Ti West is giving hints about a sequel, even before MaXXXine. Both movies, X and Pearl, were released in the same year.

image 1200x650 1 — Mia Goth as Maxine in a still from MaXXXine | A24

Ti West released both movies in the same year because he thought it would be fun to release them back-to-back for the fans. Despite the film’s low budget, the movie did well at the box office and was received on a good note by the critics.

How Ti West earned from both films with a low budget

Screenshot 2024 07 02 201353 — Mia Goth as Pearl in a still from the movie Pearl | A24

According to New Zealand Film Commission, both films, X and Pearl, had a very low budget of $1 million. The prequel (Pearl) was shot using the same farmhouse and barn that were used for shooting the movie X. West wanted to retain the location they had built and thought that it would be fun to use it again. This was another reason behind releasing two films in the same year, as he stated to New York Times.

MaXXXine premiere was a family affair. In theaters everywhere July 5th. pic.twitter.com/GFvurRqqgH
— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) June 26, 2024

Early thoughts: Mia Goth is giving it with this performance. Ti West’s direction feels more confident remixing Golden age Hollywood than he even did low budget grind house with X. #Pearl
— Eric Jones (@deacon05oc) December 19, 2022

#19: X. Directed by Ti West. An attempt to film a low budget porno in the sticks leads to pile of corpses. This wears it’s influences on it’s sleeve – but managed to surprise and entertain through out. pic.twitter.com/40IWnovcvS
— Cory Heitman (@HitmanHeitzie) January 19, 2023

See HOLLYWOOD 90028 @nitehawkcinema @TheFOFIF
"Somewhere between art film and exploitation. A bizarre, lost, and lonely low-budget time capsule of Los Angeles with a final shot that needs to be seen to be believed."
– Ti West, director of MAXXXINEhttps://t.co/KmLO85kOYy pic.twitter.com/9jhHKh8sgy
— Grindhouse Releasing (@GrindhouseFilm) April 9, 2024

Despite having a low budget, the films did exceptionally well, both in the eyes of critics and at the box office. According to The Numbers, X earned $15 million at the box office, whereas Pearl earned $10 million worldwide.

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MaXXXine is the sequel to X, which will follow the story of Maxine Minx, who is an adult film star. She finally gets her big break but gets chased by a killer in the movie.

Ti West hints towards another sequel after MaXXXine

Mia Goth Maxine Minx in a still from movie X | A24

During an interview with Screen Rant Plus, Ti West was asked if he was going to carry on the franchise and will release another sequel after MaXXXine, just like he did with X and Pearl. To which he replied,

The thing is we released X, and no one knew and then we released Pearl, and no one really didn’t know. The fun part of making these movies is not having everything be known before you make them, whether it’s another in this or not I am just not going to tell you.

For real, does Ti West sleep? I feel like the next time I blink there's going to be another X sequel announced
— VAL🔗HAL (@Fishmas) September 14, 2022

This response made everybody laugh, but the current sequel itself speaks to the fact that West might not give up on the franchise easily.

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