The X FilesFollow

Name: The X Files
Director: Rob Bowman
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1998
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville

1998 • PG-13 • 2h 0m • Adventure, Drama, Mystery • 20th Century Fox

Fight the future.

🍅 66% 73%

3.63

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$83.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$189.20M

$105.30M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$66M

1998 rank#23

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Cast & crew

David Duchovny Starring

Gillian Anderson Starring

Martin Landau Starring

ScreenplayChris Carter Produced byChris Carter, Daniel Sackheim CinematographyWard Russell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 19-21 1 $30.1M — 2,629 $11,464 $30.1M

2 Jun 26-28 3 $13.3M −55.9% 2,650 $5,012 $54.9M

3 Jul 3-5 5 $6.3M −52.9% 2,602 $2,403 $67.1M

4 Jul 10-12 7 $3.9M −38.1% 1,909 $2,028 $74.5M

5 Jul 17-19 12 $2.0M −48.3% 1,451 $1,381 $78.3M

6 Jul 24-26 16 $1000.0K −50.1% 955 $1,047 $80.3M

7 Jul 31-Aug 2 19 $414.5K −58.5% 467 $888 $81.2M

8 Aug 7-9 24 $310.1K −25.2% 411 $754 $81.7M

9 Aug 14-16 26 $312.0K +0.6% 469 $665 $82.2M

10 Aug 21-23 26 $316.6K +1.5% 443 $715 $82.8M

11 Aug 28-30 35 $204.9K −35.3% 324 $632 $83.1M

12 Sep 4-7 35 $207.7K +1.4% 252 $824 $83.4M

13 Sep 11-13 38 $146.3K −29.5% 253 $578 $83.6M

14 Sep 18-20 42 $88.8K −39.3% 183 $485 $83.7M

15 Sep 25-27 54 $49.1K −44.7% — — $83.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $316.6K

$30.1M

$13.3M

$6.3M

$3.9M

$2.0M

$1000.0K

$414.5K

$310.1K

$312.0K

$316.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +1.5%

−55.9%

W1→2

−52.9%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−48.3%

W4→5

−50.1%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−25.2%

W7→8

+0.6%

W8→9

+1.5%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Biggest gain +1.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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