The X-Files

"Fight the future."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.9/10

1,751 votes

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Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$66.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$189.2M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$123.2M

ROI: +187%

Budget Recovery287% of budget

$0|Budget: $66.0M|Revenue: $189.2M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

43.5K

Daily Avg

724

7-Day Trend

-3%

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Based On

The X-Files

TV Series

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Long Beach

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Story Setting

Set In

TexasWashington, D.C.Maryland

Themes & Subjects

#flyingsaucer

Series & Franchise

Timeline

This Movie

Sequel

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

Characters

Alvin Kurtzweil

Played by Martin Landau

Melvin Frohike

Well-Manicured Man

Played by John Neville

Walter Skinner

Played by Mitch Pileggi

Dana Scully

Played by Gillian Anderson

Fox Mulder

Played by David Duchovny

The Smoking Man

Played by Chris Owens

John Fitzgerald Byers

Richard Langly

Conrad Strughold

Played by Armin Mueller-Stahl

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Ward Russell

Music / Score

Mark Snow

Production Companies

Ten Thirteen Productions20th Century Studios

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflixDisney+

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The X-Files

Available in 88 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	—	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom15	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	Disney Plus	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United Kingdom15

AustraliaM

Germany12

Belgium16

Brazil12

Switzerland12

CZ12+

+16 more countries

Production

Director

Rob Bowman

Writers

Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter

Production Companies

Ten Thirteen Productions20th Century Fox

Cast

David Duchovny

Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson

Agent Dana Scully

Mitch Pileggi

Assistant Director Walter Skinner

William B. Davis

The Cigarette-Smoking Man

John Neville

The Well-Manicured Man

Martin Landau

Kurtzweil

Jeffrey DeMunn

Bronschweig

Tom Braidwood

Frohike

Blythe Danner

Cassidy

Terry O'Quinn

Michaud

Dean Haglund

Langly

Bruce Harwood

Byers

Tags & Keywords

helicopterspace marinegovernmentbombmutationextraterrestrial technologyobsessionfbisecret societysecret organizationsecret labx-filesufoconspiracyovine

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The X Files Collection

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