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Monday, February 13, 2012

Alien

The Numbers Rating: 7.95 (20 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $80,930,630
International Box Office $122,700,000
Worldwide Box Office $203,630,630
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Released May 25, 1979 (Wide)
December 7, 1992 (Video Sale)
October 29, 2003 (re-release) (Limited)
Production Budget $9,000,000
Theatrical Rentals $40,300,000
MPAA Rating R
Keywords Visual Effects
Franchises Alien
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Music Composed By Jerry Goldsmith
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Horror
Country United Kingdom
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Science Fiction
Director Ridley Scott

Cast

Tom Skerritt    Captain A. Dallas
Sigourney Weaver    Warrant Officer Lieutenant Ellen L. Ripley
Ian Holm    Ash
Harry Dean Stanton    S.E. Brett
John Hurt    Kane
Veronica Cartwright    Lambert
Yaphet Kotto    Parker

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
5/25/1979 1 $3,522,581   91 $38,710 $3,522,581 3
6/1/1979 1 $2,192,025 -37.77% 91 $24,088 $6,950,663 10
6/8/1979 1 $2,669,177 +21.77% 132 $20,221 $11,051,322 17
6/15/1979 2 $2,240,772 -16.05% 148 $15,140 $14,923,670 24
6/22/1979 1 $5,312,945 +137.10% 635 $8,367 $21,778,983 31
6/29/1979 2 $4,560,137 -14.17% 745 $6,121 $29,338,183 38
7/6/1979 1 $3,391,197 -25.63% 757 $4,480 $35,795,497 45
7/13/1979 1 $2,777,042 -18.11% 733 $3,789 $40,515,877 52
7/20/1979 1 $2,246,329 -19.11% 695 $3,232 $44,195,413 59
7/27/1979 2 $1,816,627 -19.13% 681 $2,668 $47,332,006 66
8/3/1979 3 $1,533,612 -15.58% 613 $2,502 $49,909,464 73
8/10/1979 3 $1,301,922 -15.11% 582 $2,237 $52,092,686 80
8/17/1979 3 $993,340 -23.70% 419 $2,371 $53,802,893 87
8/24/1979 3 $957,284 -3.63% 422 $2,268 $55,309,035 94
8/31/1979 1 $1,049,075 +9.59% 369 $2,843 $56,863,418 101
9/7/1979 1 $649,505 -38.09% 357 $1,819 $57,733,690 108
9/14/1979 1 $485,711 -25.22% 317 $1,532 $58,443,685 115
9/21/1979 1 $540,887 +11.36% 360 $1,502 $59,154,839 122
9/28/1979 1 $393,452 -27.26% 291 $1,352 $59,735,665 129
10/5/1979 2 $286,282 -27.24% 240 $1,193 $60,150,933 136
10/31/2003 16 $1,023,665   347 $2,950 $1,287,560 8,928
11/7/2003 24 $254,715 -75.12% 331 $770 $1,798,175 8,935
11/14/2003 58 $22,555 -91.15% 21 $1,074 $1,954,649 8,942
11/21/2003 81 $9,879 -56.20% 19 $520 $1,974,937 8,949
11/28/2003 86 $4,403 -55.43% 11 $400 $1,983,690 8,956