I saw this post on IMDB that had all of screentime of everyone in the X-men franchise and I thought it would make for an slight interesting discussion.
Main X-men movies
Xavier 2 hours 3 mins
Magneto 2 hours
Wolverine 1 hour 7 mins
Jean 1 hour 4 mins
Mystique 1 hour 3 mins
Beast 59 mins
Storm 42 mins
Cyclops 41 mins
Rogue 29 mins
Moira Mactaggert 24 mins
Nightcrawler 22 mins
Iceman 19 mins
Quicksilver 17 mins
Havok 15 mins
Pyro 10 mins
Kitty Pryde 10 mins
Angel 8 mins
Banshee 8 mins
Emma 7 mins
Psylocke 6 mins
Colossus 4 mins
Bishop 2 mins
Jubilee 1 min
Couple thoughts
-The big surprise is Wolverine is not the top person in screen time. Professor X is in every main X-men movie and second half X-men franchise,Magneto and him dominate the time screen time. If not for Days of Future past Wolverine would be lower.
- It is easy to explain the gripes with Fox Franchise with time clearly laid out. Mystique has the 5th most screen time in the franchise. Yes it is boosted that she had solid amount of time in the first trilogy of movies but it is not hard to think other female in X-men lore that you would want to see that screen time. Kitty, Rogue, Storm, Psylocke,Jubilee,
etc
-In weird a way it is actually blessing because Fox focused on so few X-men that everyone is going to feel pretty fresh in the MCU and other than Dark Phoenix saga and a heavy Professor X and Magneto relationship story most stories can be used.
Anyways what do you think when you see the screen times of characters posted out?
X-1
Logan / Wolverine <30:30>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <8:30>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <7:45>
Marie / Rogue <16:15>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <14:15>
Jean Grey <11:15>
Raven / Mystique <6:15>
Professor Charles Xavier <11>
Bobby Drake <1>
Kitty Pryde <:30>
Jubilation Lee <:15>
X-2
Logan / Wolverine <28>
Professor Charles Xavier <15>
Jean Grey <13:15>
Raven / Mystique <11:15>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <10:30>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <7:45>
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler <9:30>
Bobby Drake / Iceman <9:30>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <9>
Marie / Rogue <9>
John Allerdyce / Pyro <5:30>
Piotr Rasputin / Colossus <1>
Kitty Pryde <:15>
Dr. Hank McCoy <:15
X-3
Logan / Wolverine <22:45>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <14:30>
Jean Grey / Phoenix <13:30>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <10:30>
Professor Charles Xavier <8:45>
Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast <7:30>
Bobby Drake / Iceman <6:15>
Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat <5>
John Allerdyce / Pyro <4:45>
Marie / Rogue <4>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <3:45>
Raven / Mystique <2:45>
Warren Worthington III / Angel <2:45>
Piotr Rasputin / Colossus <2>
Kid Omega <1:15>
Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man <:45>
Psylocke <:45>
X-men First Class
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <37:30>
Professor Charles Xavier <34:30>
Raven / Mystique <20:15>
Sebastian Shaw <14:45>
Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast <14:45>
Moira MacTaggert <14>
Alex Summers / Havok <9:15>
Sean Cassidy / Banshee <8:15>
Emma Frost <7:15>
Logan <:15>
DoFP
Professor Charles Xavier <30:30>
Logan / Wolverine <27:45>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <19:30>
Raven / Mystique <15:45>
Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast <12>
Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver <5:15>
Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat <4:45>
Bobby Drake / Iceman <3>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <2:15>
Lucas Bishop <2>
Warpath <1:45>
Blink <1:30>
Piotr Rasputin / Colossus <1:30>
Sunspot <1:30>
Jean Grey <1>
Alex Summers / Havok <1>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <:15>
X-men Apoc
Professor Charles Xavier <20:30>
En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse <19:30>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <16:15>
Raven / Mystique <15:45>
Jean Grey <14>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <12:30>
Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast <11:30>
Moira MacTaggert <10:15>
Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver <9:15>
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler <8>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <7:30>
Psylocke <6>
Angel <6>
Alex Summers / Havok <5:30>
Logan / Weapon X <2:30>
Jubilation Lee <1>
X-men DP
Jean Grey / Phoenix <35>
Professor Charles Xavier <21:45>
Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast <15>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <13>
Scott Summers / Cyclops <11:45>
Raven / Mystique <10>
Ororo Munroe / Storm <6>
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler <5:45>
Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver <3>
Selene <2>
Alison Blaire / Dazzler <:30>
Wolverine Origins
James Howlett / Logan / Wolverine <50:30>
Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Weapon XI <5>
Remy LeBeau / Gambit <4:15>
Scott Summers <2:15>
Professor Charles Xavier <:15>
The Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine <74:30>
Rictor <3:30>
Jean Grey <2:30>
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto <:45>
Professor Charles Xavier <:30>
Deadpool
Wade Wilson / Deadpool <70>
Piotr Rasputin / Colossus <8>
Logan
Logan / Wolverine <65:15>
Laura / X-23 <31>
Professor Charles Xavier <17:15>
Deadpool 2
Wade Wilson / Deadpool <61:45>
Nathan Summers / Cable <18:45>
Neena Thurmon / Domino <8:30>
Piotr Rasputin / Colossus <8>
Negasonic Teenage Warhead <3:45>
Yukio <2:45>
Cain Marko / Juggernaut <2:45>
Black Tom Cassidy <1:15>
Shatterstar <1>
Bedlam <1>
Logan / Wolverine <:30>