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Alien

1979 R 1h 57m Horror, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

In space no one can hear you scream.

Alien Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$65.4M
Incl. re-releases
Worldwide Total
$188M
$122.6M international
Budget$10.7M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 25-27 1 $3.52M $3.52M 91 $38.7K 1
Jun 1-3 1 $2.19M -37.8% $6.95M 91 $24.1K 2
Jun 8-10 1 $2.67M +21.8% $11.05M 132 $20.2K 3
Jun 15-17 2 $2.24M -16.1% $14.92M 148 $15.1K 4
Jun 22-24 1 $5.31M +137.1% $21.78M 635 $8.4K 5
Jun 29-Jul 1 2 $4.56M -14.2% $29.34M 745 $6.1K 6
Jul 6-8 1 $3.39M -25.6% $35.80M 757 $4.5K 7
Jul 13-15 1 $2.78M -18.1% $40.52M 733 $3.8K 8
Jul 20-22 1 $2.25M -19.1% $44.20M 695 $3.2K 9
Jul 27-29 2 $1.82M -19.1% $47.33M 681 $2.7K 10
Aug 3-5 3 $1.53M -15.6% $49.91M 613 $2.5K 11
Aug 10-12 3 $1.30M -15.1% $52.09M 582 $2.2K 12
Aug 17-19 3 $993K -23.7% $53.80M 419 $2.4K 13
Aug 24-26 3 $957K -3.6% $55.31M 422 $2.3K 14
Aug 31-Sep 2 1 $1.05M +9.6% $56.86M 369 $2.8K 15
Sep 7-9 1 $650K -38.1% $57.73M 357 $1.8K 16
Sep 14-16 1 $486K -25.2% $58.44M 317 $1.5K 17
Sep 21-23 1 $541K +11.4% $59.15M 360 $1.5K 18
Sep 28-30 1 $393K -27.3% $59.74M 291 $1.4K 19
Oct 5-7 2 $286K -27.2% $60.15M 240 $1.2K 20

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRidley Scott
ScreenplayDan O'Bannon
Produced byGordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
CinematographyDerek Vanlint
Music byJerry Goldsmith
StarringTom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm
Studio20th Century Fox

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