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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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3
Alien Resurrection
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Romulus
Certificates
US
TV-PG
Total grosses
UK total gross
£4.4 Million
US total gross
$83.5 Million
Global total gross
$203.6 Million
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Directed By
Ridley
Scott
Director
Role
Ridley Scott
Directed By
Starring
Sigourney
Weaver
John
Hurt
Ian
Holm
Actor
Character
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Helen Horton
Mother
Eddie Powell
Alien