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The X Files

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

Fight the future.

🍅 66% 73% MC 60 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$30.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$83.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$189.2M
$105.3M international
Domestic Legs2.8x
Budget$66M
1998 Rank#23
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Cast & Crew

Directed byRob Bowman ScreenplayChris Carter Produced byChris Carter, Daniel Sackheim CinematographyWard Russell StarringDavid Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Martin Landau Studio20th Century Fox
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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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