The X Files: I Want To Believe

[FormerBondFan]

Anyone here plan to see the new X Files movie?

[Dr. No]

I liked the Xfiles. Didn’t watch the end of the series after Fox left.
Hummmm
Maybe

[FormerBondFan]

I don't watch the show but maybe a few episodes. The trailer looks interesting though.

[Kristatos]

I'll probably wait for the DVD.

[Dr. No]

Yep DVD rental for sure. We aren't spending much on going out to movies right now.
You know what I don't remember liking the original Xfiles movie that much but for the life of me I can't remember what it was about. Vague memory of a gooey spaceship but thats it.

[FormerBondFan]

Is it possible that this new movie would take the top spot this week?

[FormerBondFan]

It's a pity that the new X-Files is in 4th place at the US box office.

[FormerBondFan]

I wonder why this isn't #1 at the box office. Is it because of TDK or something else?

[Mazer Rackham]

TDK played a small part but the real reason is they waited too long to make this film. It was six years since the end of the series, a decade since the previous X-Files movie. It should be something superb. Instead, is was something ordinary. It was sort of like an episode of the X-Files TV series, only not one of the really good ones.

If this had been released eight years ago it might have done better BO with the same story. X Files' core demographic moved on.

X-Files creator Chris Carter wanted to make a trilogy, jesus knows why, probably off the table as of right now. X-Philes combined worldwide barely managed to pay this film off.

A film that continues to surprise is Mamma Mia, $326,912,060 worldwide and #4 in the USA. I didn't think it had that kind of staying power.

[FormerBondFan]

This should have been made when the series was ended. It's a pity this wasn't #1 at the box office.

[Dr. No]

This should have been made when the series was ended. It's a pity this wasn't #1 at the box office.

or when Mulder and Scully left the show

[FormerBondFan]

I wonder if there's going to be another one.

[Kristatos]

I wonder if there's going to be another one.

Probably not, if this one tanked at the box office.

[James]

The reviews seemed to suggest it was like watching an extended version of the show rather than a big screen film.

[Mazer Rackham]

It was.

X-Files 2 will be on dvd shortly and if X-Files 3 is ever made it will be a direct to dvd release.

[FormerBondFan]

It was.

X-Files 2 will be on dvd shortly and if X-Files 3 is ever made it will be a direct to dvd release.

The X-Files doesn't deserve this at all though I'm not really a fan.

[FormerBondFan]

So far, the sequel makes $64,428,372 worldwide.