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Alien³

1992 • R • 1h 54m • Action, Horror, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

3 times the suspense. 3 times the danger. 3 times the terror

🍅 43% 46% MC 59 LB 2.83 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$19.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$54.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$158.5M
$103.6M international
Domestic Legs2.8x
Budget$55M
1992 Rank#24
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Cast & Crew

Full Fincher filmography
David Fincher David Fincher Director Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Charles S. Dutton Charles S. Dutton Starring Charles Dance Charles Dance Starring Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen Starring Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Starring
ScreenplayDavid Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson Produced byGordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill CinematographyAlex Thomson Music byElliot Goldenthal Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 22-24 2 $19.4M — 2,227 $8,734 $19.4M
2 May 29-31 3 $8.4M −57.0% 2,221 $3,767 $31.5M
3 Jun 5-7 6 $4.0M −52.1% 2,040 $1,966 $38.4M
4 Jun 12-14 7 $2.7M −31.8% 1,975 $1,384 $42.9M
5 Jun 19-21 8 $1.5M −44.1% 1,501 $1,018 $45.8M
6 Jun 26-28 10 $1.0M −34.5% 1,185 $845 $47.6M
7 Jul 3-5 14 $530.4K −47.0% 782 $678 $48.7M
8 Jul 10-12 12 $370.2K −30.2% 542 $683 $50.0M
9 Jul 17-19 12 $423.6K +14.4% 568 $746 $50.0M
10 Jul 24-26 12 $370.4K −12.6% 550 $673 $50.7M
11 Jul 31-Aug 2 12 $204.4K −44.8% 357 $573 $51.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $370.4K
$19.4M
$8.4M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$1.5M
$1.0M
$530.4K
$370.2K
$423.6K
$370.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.6%
−57.0%
W1→2
−52.1%
W2→3
−31.8%
W3→4
−44.1%
W4→5
−34.5%
W5→6
−47.0%
W6→7
−30.2%
W7→8
+14.4%
W8→9
−12.6%
W9→10
Steepest −57.0%Biggest gain +14.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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