I think the first time I saw it was at a friend's house. And not by choice. :P Had some friends who lined up at midnight to watch it though.....nutbags

Audiences here probably tend to be a tad more sedate. I suppose for cult classic movies there are the usual opening-day freaks but that doesn't last long =d

Dude you have no idea. Virtually every single one of my female high school friends was into The X-Files. I sat in a corner by myself waving a tiny little SG-1 flag and informing them all that they didn't know what they were on about, they just wanted to marry Agent Mulder and have his babies. Chicks.