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MOVIE
Alien
CAST & DIRECTOR
BOX OFFICE DATA
GLOBAL RELEASES
TOP GROSSING
FILM SERIES
NEWS
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
Other movies in this series
Alien
Aliens
Alien
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
25thframe.co.uk stats
Total views:
43
First viewed:
25th Jul 2025
Last viewed:
19th Oct 2025
Films in series
Alien
/ 1979
UK gross: £3,762,948
US gross: $83,450,883
Global gross: $203,630,630
Aliens
/ 1986
UK gross: £6,386,065
US gross: $85,160,248
Alien
3
/ 1992
UK gross: £7,254,606
US gross: $55,473,545
Global gross: $159,814,498
Alien Resurrection
/ 1997
UK gross: £7,127,683
US gross: $47,795,658
Global gross: $161,376,069
Prometheus
/ 2012
UK gross: £25,028,731
US gross: $126,477,084
Global gross: $404,064,904
Alien: Covenant
/ 2017
UK gross: £12,928,823
US gross: $74,262,031
Global gross: $240,891,763
Alien: Romulus
/ 2024
UK gross: £13,459,394
US gross: $105,304,640
Global gross: $350,865,342
US release: 22nd June 1979
Soviet Union release: 28th May 1979
Japan release: 21st July 1979
£4.4 Million 
$83.5 Million 
$203.6 Million
