The film was released in the United States on July 25, 2008. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Carter said that if I Want to Believe proved successful, he would propose a third movie that would return to the television series mythology and focus on the alien invasion foretold within the series, due to occur in December 2012. The film grossed $4 million on its opening day in the United States. It opened fourth on the U.S. weekend box office chart, with a gross of $10.2 million. By the end of its theatrical run, it had grossed $20,982,478 domestically and an additional $47,373,805 internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $68,369,434. Among 2008 domestic releases, it finished in 114th place. The films stars both claimed that the timing of the movies release, a week after the highly popular Batman film The Dark Knight (film), negatively affected its success. The film received mixed to negative reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a standard score rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream film critics, reported "mixed or average" reviews, with an weighted mean score of 47 based on 33 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 32% of 160 listed film critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 4.9 out of 10. The website wrote of the critics consensus stating; "The chemistry between leads David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson do live up to The X-Files televised legacy, but the roving plot and droning routines make it hard to identify just what were meant to believe in."

Question: How many dollars grossed internationally than domestically for the movie I Want to Believe?
Answer: 26391327

Question: How many dollars did the film  I Want to Believe gross worldwide than in the U.S?
Answer: 58169434

Question: How many more millions did I Want to Believe gross over the weekend than its first day?
Answer: 6.2

Question: How many more millions of dollars did the film gross internationally than domestically?
Answer: 26391327

Question: How many millions of dollars did the film produce domestically that wasn't on opening day?
Answer: 16982478

Question: How much of the film's total gross was not done internationally?
Answer: 20,982,478

Question: How much of the film's gross was not done domestically?
Answer: 47,373,805

Question: How many millions of the film's box office opening weekend gross was not made the first day?
Answer: 6.2

Question: Which did the movie I Want to Believe gross the largest amount of money in its theatrical run: internationally or domestically?
Answer: internationally

Question: How many more millions did the movie I Want To Believe on the weekend than its opening day?
Answer: 6.2

Question: Where did the movie receive more money than domestically?
Answer: worldwide