Name: Alien
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: 1979
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt

Cast & crew

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Ridley Scott Director

Tom Skerritt Starring

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Veronica Cartwright Starring

Harry Dean Stanton Starring

John Hurt Starring Alien Franchise 20th Century Fox Studio

ScreenplayDan O'Bannon Produced byGordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill CinematographyDerek Vanlint Music byJerry Goldsmith Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 25-27 1 $3.5M — 91 $38,710 $3.5M

2 Jun 1-3 1 $2.2M −37.8% 91 $24,088 $7.0M

3 Jun 8-10 1 $2.7M +21.8% 132 $20,221 $11.1M

4 Jun 15-17 2 $2.2M −16.1% 148 $15,140 $14.9M

5 Jun 22-24 1 $5.3M +137.1% 635 $8,367 $21.8M

6 Jun 29-Jul 1 2 $4.6M −14.2% 745 $6,121 $29.3M

7 Jul 6-8 1 $3.4M −25.6% 757 $4,480 $35.8M

8 Jul 13-15 1 $2.8M −18.1% 733 $3,789 $40.5M

9 Jul 20-22 1 $2.2M −19.1% 695 $3,232 $44.2M

10 Jul 27-29 2 $1.8M −19.1% 681 $2,668 $47.3M

11 Aug 3-5 3 $1.5M −15.6% 613 $2,502 $49.9M

12 Aug 10-12 3 $1.3M −15.1% 582 $2,237 $52.1M

13 Aug 17-19 3 $993.3K −23.7% 419 $2,371 $53.8M

14 Aug 24-26 3 $957.3K −3.6% 422 $2,268 $55.3M

15 Aug 31-Sep 2 1 $1.0M +9.6% 369 $2,843 $56.9M

16 Sep 7-9 1 $649.5K −38.1% 357 $1,819 $57.7M

17 Sep 14-16 1 $485.7K −25.2% 317 $1,532 $58.4M

18 Sep 21-23 1 $540.9K +11.4% 360 $1,502 $59.2M

19 Sep 28-30 1 $393.5K −27.3% 291 $1,352 $59.7M

20 Oct 5-7 2 $286.3K −27.2% 240 $1,193 $60.2M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M

$3.5M

$2.2M

$2.7M

$2.2M

$5.3M

$4.6M

$3.4M

$2.8M

$2.2M

$1.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.1%

−37.8%

W1→2

+21.8%

W2→3

−16.1%

W3→4

+137.1%

W4→5

−14.2%

W5→6

−25.6%

W6→7

−18.1%

W7→8

−19.1%

W8→9

−19.1%

W9→10

Steepest −37.8%Biggest gain +137.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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