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Alien

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1979

117 minutes (1 hrs 57 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Ridley Scott

Starring

Tom Skerritt · Sigourney Weaver · Veronica Cartwright · Harry Dean Stanton · John Hurt · Ian Holm

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 22nd June 1979

Soviet Union release: 28th May 1979

Japan release: 21st July 1979

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 7th Sep '79
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £640.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 46

US box office

Box Office debut: 25th May '79
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $3.5 Million
Total chart weeks: 29

WorldWide box office

Box Office debut: 1st Jan '21
Debut position: 30
Highest position: 18
Debut gross: $75 Thousand
Total weeks on top 15: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

7 Sep, 1979
1

14 Sep, 1979
1

21 Sep, 1979
1

28 Sep, 1979
3

5 Oct, 1979
3

12 Oct, 1979
3

19 Oct, 1979
4

26 Oct, 1979
5

2 Nov, 1979
7

9 Nov, 1979
10

16 Nov, 1979
9

23 Nov, 1979
10

30 Nov, 1979
9

7 Dec, 1979
9

14 Dec, 1979
11

31 Oct, 2003
10

7 Nov, 2003
13

US box office

25 May, 1979
1

1 Jun, 1979
1

8 Jun, 1979
1

15 Jun, 1979
2

22 Jun, 1979
1

29 Jun, 1979
2

6 Jul, 1979
1

13 Jul, 1979
1

20 Jul, 1979
2

27 Jul, 1979
2

3 Aug, 1979
1

10 Aug, 1979
1

17 Aug, 1979
1

24 Aug, 1979
2

31 Aug, 1979
1

7 Sep, 1979
1

14 Sep, 1979
1

21 Sep, 1979
1

28 Sep, 1979
1

5 Oct, 1979
2

11 Oct, 2019
14

1 Jan, 2021
9

8 Jan, 2021
10

26 Apr, 2024
11

Global box office

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Certificates

US
TV-PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£4.4 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$83.5 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$203.6 Million

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