Maybe the “X-Files” have been away for too long and their fans lost interest in their favorite TV series. Or maybe the new movie was not enough to make them believe again, spending 6 years outside the paranormal and inside the real world. What about the not-so-good reviews?

Whatever the reasons are, “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” debuted only on the fourth spot this past weekend with an unbelievable low $10.2 million, approximately half of what box-office trackers calculated.

Friday was conquered again by “The Dark Knight” who earned over $23 million a week after officially being released. Although movies are more likely to have big profits throughout their first days on the big screens, it seems like Fox Mulder and Dana Scully did not persuade movie goers to re-open the supernatural files. Unfortunately, it is improbable for the movie to attract more viewers over the next weeks.
Located in cut off and snow-covered regions of the West Virginia countryside, the plot involves several inexplicable kidnaps that stir the FBI to propose discredited alien hunter Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) forgiveness in return of his help. However, the FBI can’t even trace its agent without the assistance of his former partner Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Their reunion is not unpredictable at all, since the movie would not exist in the absence of one of the duo’s halves.

The crimes under consideration are quite superficial for the predator chasers and so is the drama, directed by series creator Chris Carter with a script he co-wrote with Frank Spotnitz.

It may be strange that such a popular TV series could actually end up inspiring a movie which proves to be so unsuccessful. This lack of triumph leaves me wondering: even the producers had done a better job, would more fans have showed up in theatres to see the film? Maybe time is the only one to blame for the “X-Files” failure.