Box Office History for Alien Movies

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Aug 16, 2024Alien: Romulus
May 19, 2017Alien: Covenant $97,000,000$36,160,621$74,262,031$238,521,247
Jun 8, 2012Prometheus $125,000,000$51,050,101$126,477,084$402,448,265
Dec 25, 2007Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem $40,000,000$10,059,425$41,797,066$128,884,494
Aug 13, 2004AVP: Alien Vs. Predator $70,000,000$38,291,056$80,281,096$172,543,519
Nov 26, 1997Alien: Resurrection $60,000,000$16,474,092$47,795,018$160,700,000
May 22, 1992Alien 3 $55,000,000$23,141,188$54,927,174$158,500,000
Jul 18, 1986Aliens $17,000,000$10,052,042$85,160,248$183,291,893
May 25, 1979Alien $10,700,000$3,522,581$62,005,728$184,637,161
 
Averages $59,337,500$23,593,888$71,588,181$203,690,822
Totals 9 $474,700,000$572,705,445$1,629,526,579

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Dec 7, 1992Alien $4,703,102 Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
Jun 24, 1993Aliens $11,127,723 iTunes Google
Aug 18, 1993Alien 3   iTunes
May 5, 1998Alien: Resurrection   Hulu iTunes
Dec 2, 2003Alien Quadrilogy    
Jan 25, 2005AVP: Alien Vs. Predator   Hulu iTunes
Apr 15, 2008Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem $28,251,872  
Oct 26, 2010Alien Anthology $29,364,298 Vudu
Oct 9, 2012Prometheus $47,672,031 Hulu Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Aug 15, 2017Alien: Six Film Collection   iTunes Google Vudu
Aug 15, 2017Alien: Covenant $19,347,210 Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
 
 Totals$140,466,236

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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June 1st, 2017

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May 23rd, 2017

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Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Sigourney Weaver 4 Ellen Ripley $687,129,054 $10,250,669,982 6.7%
Lance Henriksen 3 Charles Weyland $514,335,412 $2,004,339,274 25.7%
Michael Fassbender 2 Walter and David $640,969,512 $4,071,956,755 15.7%
Noomi Rapace 2 Elizabeth Shaw $640,969,512 $1,457,571,480 44.0%
Charlize Theron 2 Meredith Vickers $640,969,512 $6,709,595,829 9.6%
Idris Elba 2 Janek $640,969,512 $13,333,554,032 4.8%
Logan Marshall-Green 2 Charlie Holloway $640,969,512 $1,655,919,038 38.7%
Rafe Spall 2 Millburn $640,969,512 $3,412,487,601 18.8%
Ian Whyte 2 Scar $574,991,784 $1,125,183,306 51.1%
Guy Pearce 2 Peter Weyland $640,969,512 $3,364,805,844 19.0%
Kate Dickie 2 Ford $640,969,512 $771,505,287 83.1%
Sean Harris 2 Fifield $640,969,512 $2,262,599,732 28.3%
Emun Elliott 2 Chance $640,969,512 $731,274,551 87.7%
Benedict Wong 2 Ravel $640,969,512 $10,976,427,054 5.8%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Ridley Scott 4 Director (3)
Producer (3)
$825,606,673 $5,841,692,828 14.1%
David Giler 3 Producer (3) $825,606,673 $881,444,126 93.7%
Walter Hill 3 Producer (3) $825,606,673 $1,335,600,168 61.8%
Ronald Shusett 2 Based on elements of the movie "Alien" (2)
Executive Producer (1)
$587,085,426 $1,455,068,831 40.3%
Dan O’Bannon 2 Based on elements of the movie "Alien" (2)
Screenwriter (1)
Visual Consultant (1)
$587,085,426 $1,116,440,828 52.6%
Mark Huffam 2 Executive Producer (1)
Producer (1)
$640,969,512 $3,318,006,614 19.3%
Pietro Scalia 2 Editor (2) $640,969,512 $5,933,600,739 10.8%
H.R. Giger 2 Special Effects (Original design elements) (2) $587,085,426 $587,085,426 100.0%
Dariusz Wolski 2 Cinematographer (2) $640,969,512 $7,910,702,509 8.1%
Janty Yates 2 Costume Designer (2) $640,969,512 $3,859,698,434 16.6%
Conor O'Sullivan 2 Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer (2) $640,969,512 $1,597,819,703 40.1%