"So it came as no surprise when a second movie, which was subtitled "I Want to Believe," flopped. The film has made only $20 million since it opened in late July."

Well, you could do the justice of putting it in context - the film's budget was only $30 million and it's made almost $55 million worldwide so far - and that's before any DVD sales/rentals (an X-FILES stronghold). Not exactly a textbook "flop", I'm afraid...

As a mainstream movie, you could call the X-files film a flop. However, I feel that this film was probably aimed at the old crew of X-philes as a tool to see if it is worthwhile to resurrect the series as a movie series. As far as it being successful that way, the jury is still out. As an x-phile, I hope we get to see more. The film could have been improved a bit, no doubt, but it could have really been a heckuva lot worse. If they decide to bring back the alien/UFO theme and continue on, I'll be there to get a ticket.

To be fair, Clone Wars was just a padded episode of the forthcoming Cartoon Network series.

The X-Files film cost only $30 million and had a very low promotional marketing budget. Moreover, it came out a week after the Batman juggernaut. Considering these factors, I don't think you can call it a "flop," per se. A good film journalist should at least present, consider, and analyze all the facts before calling a film a "flop."

I see a whole lot of warped information regarding The X Files movie as of late. Movies are released worldwide, not just domestically and if it hasn't broken even yet, it's definitely almost there.

The sad thing is, it wasn't a bad movie, it was a very good movie. It just wasn't what it was promoted to be, a big scary summer blockbuster. The script, theme and storyline was complex and well put together, perhaps had it been marketed as THAT kind of movie, the right audience might have been drawn in. The movie stayed incredibly true to where the series left off. As a fan of all 9 seasons of the show, I was very happy with it.

Fox has gotta take some responsibility for this one. The marketing, the timing of release.... this movie was almost set up to fail. It might even be a conspiracy.

First of all, "The X-Files: I Want To Believe" is a very good movie. Second, it had a small budget so it will almost certainly be profitable.

There are still many "X-Files" fans out there who wanted another movie. Given how much money "The X-Files" has made for Fox, I don't see how anyone could think "The X-Files: I Want To Believe" was a bad idea.

Personaly I loved The X-Files "I want to believe" - and as others have correctly pointed out, it was a small budget film. I've seen it 7 times now and wil be going back again!

I loved the new X files movie - to say interest has dwindled - I do not want to believe. As for the new Batman movie if it wasn't for Heath's performance I don't think it would have been such a hit. My daughters both said it went way too long but they loved his performance. Gotta love critics, who else are we going to bag!

The X-Files movie flopped because the writers chose to pander to the most shallow fanbase, the Mulder & Scully romance fans. So instead of creating something that had mass appeal to all segments of the fan base, Chris Carter chose to sell out thinking the majority wanted to see a pseudo intellectual melodrama that was more CSI: Vancouver than the True X-Files. Had this movie had a better story, it would not have been the flop it is.