These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

The X-Files

The X-Files characters Mulder and Scully have won over investigative hearts for years. It follows the career of two FBI agents with a tinge of supernatural drama. It has had two big-screen adaptations since its airing in the early 2000s.

The X-Files: Fight the Future

This spin-off movie follows the same characters, Mulder and Scully, as they work outside of their typical cases in the X-files. They're tasked with solving a bombing and the coverup of evidence. It ultimately leads them to information regarding alien colonizations. It's got the best elements of the television show wrapped up nicely into one cinematic adventure.

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The More You Know

  • Often derided as a mega-flop, Waterworld actually took home nearly $90m more in worldwide box office than its estimated budget.
  • The Terminator script was sold for a dollar.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.