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The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Adventure, Crime, Drama • 20th Century Fox

To find the truth, you must believe.

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2.89

5.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$21.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$68.2M

$47.2M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$35M

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Cast & Crew

David Duchovny Starring

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson Starring

Amanda Peet Starring

Billy Connolly Starring

Xzibit Starring

ScreenplayChris Carter, Frank Spotnitz Produced byChris Carter, Frank Spotnitz CinematographyBill Roe MusicMark Snow Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 25-27 4 $10.0M — 3,185 $3,147 $10.0M

2 Aug 1-3 9 $3.4M −66.2% 3,185 $1,063 $17.0M

3 Aug 8-10 12 $1.3M −61.9% 1,695 $761 $19.8M

4 Aug 15-17 27 $252.4K −80.4% 262 $964 $20.5M

5 Aug 22-24 41 $116.8K −53.7% 163 $717 $20.7M

6 Aug 29-31 42 $87.4K −25.2% 94 $930 $20.8M

7 Sep 5-7 53 $36.8K −57.9% 78 $472 $20.9M

8 Sep 12-14 61 $23.7K −35.7% 65 $364 $20.9M

9 Sep 19-21 66 $18.6K −21.2% 50 $373 $21.0M

10 Sep 26-28 79 $8.6K −54.1% 33 $259 $21.0M

11 Oct 3-5 103 $2.9K −66.7% 11 $260 $21.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 25 #4 $4.0M — $4.0M 3,185 $1,254 1

Sat Jul 26 #5 $3.4M −14.2% $7.4M 3,185 $1,076 2

Sun Jul 27 #5 $2.6M −24.1% $10.0M 3,185 $817 3

Mon Jul 28 #6 $1.0M −61.2% $11.0M 3,185 $317 4

Tue Jul 29 #7 $980.7K −2.9% $12.0M 3,185 $308 5

Wed Jul 30 #7 $838.8K −14.5% $12.9M 3,185 $263 6

Thu Jul 31 #8 $783.9K −6.5% $13.6M 3,185 $246 7

Fri Aug 1 #9 $991.2K +26.4% −75.2% $14.6M 3,185 $311 8

Sat Aug 2 #9 $1.4M +40.7% −59.3% $16.0M 3,185 $438 9

Sun Aug 3 #9 $1.0M −28.3% −61.5% $17.0M 3,185 $314 10

Mon Aug 4 #9 $462.1K −53.8% −54.3% $17.5M 3,185 $145 11

Tue Aug 5 #10 $458.8K −0.7% −53.2% $17.9M 3,185 $144 12

Wed Aug 6 #12 $272.8K −40.5% −67.5% $18.2M 3,185 $86 13

Thu Aug 7 #12 $244.8K −10.3% −68.8% $18.5M 3,185 $77 14

Fri Aug 8 #12 $366.5K +49.7% −63.0% $18.8M 1,695 $216 15

Sat Aug 9 #12 $534.7K +45.9% −61.7% $19.4M 1,695 $315 16

Sun Aug 10 #12 $389.5K −27.1% −61.1% $19.8M 1,695 $230 17

Mon Aug 11 #12 $166.6K −57.2% −63.9% $19.9M 1,695 $98 18

Tue Aug 12 #12 $170.2K +2.2% −62.9% $20.1M 1,695 $100 19

Wed Aug 13 #15 $84.3K −50.5% −69.1% $20.2M 1,695 $50 20

Thu Aug 14 #15 $80.7K −4.3% −67.0% $20.3M 1,695 $48 21

Fri Aug 15 — $78.2K −3.1% −78.7% $20.3M 262 $298 22

Sat Aug 16 — $115.3K +47.5% −78.4% $20.4M 262 $440 23

Sun Aug 17 — $59.0K −48.9% −84.9% $20.5M 262 $225 24

Mon Aug 18 — $20.1K −66.0% −88.0% $20.5M 262 $77 25

Tue Aug 19 — $25.6K +27.5% −85.0% $20.6M 262 $98 26

Wed Aug 20 — $20.8K −18.5% −75.3% $20.6M 262 $80 27

Thu Aug 21 — $19.7K −5.7% −75.6% $20.6M 262 $75 28

Fri Aug 22 — $36.1K +83.8% −53.8% $20.6M 163 $222 29

Sat Aug 23 — $53.1K +47.0% −53.9% $20.7M 163 $326 30

Sun Aug 24 — $27.6K −48.1% −53.2% $20.7M 163 $169 31

Mon Aug 25 — $11.0K −60.0% −44.9% $20.7M 163 $68 32

Tue Aug 26 — $12.3K +11.0% −52.1% $20.7M 163 $75 33

Wed Aug 27 — $9.6K −22.0% −54.1% $20.7M 163 $59 34

Thu Aug 28 — $9.5K −0.9% −51.8% $20.8M 163 $58 35

Fri Aug 29 — $14.5K +53.3% −59.8% $20.8M 94 $154 36

Sat Aug 30 — $24.2K +66.9% −54.4% $20.8M 94 $258 37

Sun Aug 31 — $48.7K +100.9% +76.4% $20.8M 94 $518 38

Mon Sep 1 #50 $9.8K −80.0% −11.7% $20.8M 94 $104 39

Tue Sep 2 — $3.7K −61.7% −69.6% $20.9M 94 $40 40

Wed Sep 3 — $3.7K −1.6% −61.6% $20.9M 94 $39 41

Thu Sep 4 — $4.0K +8.5% −57.9% $20.9M 94 $42 42

Fri Sep 5 — $11.4K +185.4% −21.7% $20.9M 78 $146 43

Sat Sep 6 — $16.8K +47.4% −30.8% $20.9M 78 $215 44

Sun Sep 7 — $8.6K −48.4% −82.2% $20.9M 78 $111 45

Mon Sep 8 — $3.2K −63.5% −67.6% $20.9M 78 $40 46

Tue Sep 9 — $3.8K +20.0% +1.5% $20.9M 78 $49 47

Wed Sep 10 — $3.6K −3.7% −0.7% $20.9M 78 $47 48

Thu Sep 11 — $3.4K −6.5% −14.4% $20.9M 78 $44 49

Fri Sep 12 — $6.9K +102.3% −39.4% $20.9M 65 $106 50

Sat Sep 13 — $11.0K +59.5% −34.4% $20.9M 65 $169 51

Sun Sep 14 — $5.7K −47.8% −33.5% $20.9M 65 $88 52

Mon Sep 15 — $1.6K −71.8% −48.6% $20.9M 65 $25 53

Tue Sep 16 — $1.7K +6.8% −54.3% $20.9M 65 $27 54

Wed Sep 17 — $2.3K +33.3% −36.7% $20.9M 65 $36 55

Thu Sep 18 — $2.3K +1.3% −31.4% $20.9M 65 $36 56

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

Cumulative total$20.9M

Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 4Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $8.6K

$10.0M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$252.4K

$116.8K

$87.4K

$36.8K

$23.7K

$18.6K

$8.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,185 → 65 −98.0%

3,185 open65 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.1%

−66.2%

W1→2

−61.9%

W2→3

−80.4%

W3→4

−53.7%

W4→5

−25.2%

W5→6

−57.9%

W6→7

−35.7%

W7→8

−21.2%

W8→9

−54.1%

W9→10

Steepest −80.4%Best hold −21.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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