Hugh Jackman clawed his way to impressive box office opening with the mutant motion picture X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The blockbuster grossed $87 million during its first three days of release.

The highly-anticipated film, a prequel to the original X-Men trilogy, tells the tale of Hugh’s character Wolverine, a self-healing superhero who has retractable metal claws.

His solo X-Men outing outdid the openings of the first two movies, X-Men and X2.

X-Men earned $54.5 million in its first weekend and X2: X-Men United opened with $85.6 million. The trilogy’s final chapter, X-Men: The Last Stand, had the franchise’s best opening with $102.8 million.

Did anyone see Wolverine this weeked?