Aliens

Name: Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: 1986
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen

1986 • R • 2h 17m • Action, Sci-Fi, Horror • 20th Century Fox

This time it's war.

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8.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$85.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$183.3M

$98.1M international

Domestic Legs8.5x

Budget$17M

1986 Rank#5

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Cast & Crew

Full Cameron filmography

James Cameron Director

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Michael Biehn Starring

Paul Reiser Starring

Lance Henriksen Starring

ScreenplayJames Cameron Produced byGale Anne Hurd CinematographyAdrian Biddle Music byJames Horner Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 18-20 1 $10.1M — 1,437 $6,995 $10.1M

2 Jul 25-27 1 $8.6M −14.0% 1,454 $5,942 $25.1M

3 Aug 1-3 1 $7.1M −18.3% 1,453 $4,859 $37.3M

4 Aug 8-10 1 $5.8M −18.1% 1,395 $4,143 $47.3M

5 Aug 15-17 3 $4.3M −25.5% 1,302 $3,305 $55.0M

6 Aug 22-24 3 $3.4M −21.6% 1,280 $2,634 $61.0M

7 Aug 29-31 5 $3.6M +6.4% 1,249 $2,871 $66.4M

8 Sep 5-7 5 $2.1M −41.0% 1,165 $1,815 $69.3M

9 Sep 12-14 5 $1.6M −22.6% 1,063 $1,539 $71.7M

10 Sep 19-21 6 $1.5M −10.7% 1,040 $1,405 $73.7M

11 Sep 26-28 9 $1.0M −28.7% 924 $1,128 $75.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$10.1M

$8.6M

$7.1M

$5.8M

$4.3M

$3.4M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$1.6M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.7%

−14.0%

W1→2

−18.3%

W2→3

−18.1%

W3→4

−25.5%

W4→5

−21.6%

W5→6

+6.4%

W6→7

−41.0%

W7→8

−22.6%

W8→9

−10.7%

W9→10

Steepest −41.0%Biggest gain +6.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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