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Alien

Alien
1979
 117 minutes (1 hrs 57 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

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

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 22nd June 1979
Soviet Union release date Soviet Union release: 28th May 1979
Japan release date 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: 49

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

PG

16

16

12

M

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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UK box office QuickView

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Highest new movie this weekend

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  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
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  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of November
  • The movie is a sequel to Prey which took £0 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

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Regretting You

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  • It grosses £790,645 over the weekend, a 13% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,247,189 over 3 weeks of release

Bugonia

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £548,922 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £2,067,196 over 2 weeks of release

Die My Love

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Movie breakdown

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  • The movie also stars , and
  • The release date in the UK is 26th June 2026
  • While the North American release date is set for 26th June 2026

Synopsis for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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Movie Synopsis

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BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Lilo and Stitch
  • BBFC age rating: U Certificate
  • Reason: very mild threat, violence, upsetting scenes, rude humour, language
  • Release date: 21st May 2025
  • Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hours 48 minutes)
  • The movie is being released into movie theatres
  • Directed by:
    • Dean Fleischer Camp
  • Starring:
    • Maia Kealoha
    • Sydney Agudong
    • Hannah Waddingham

BBFC movie page

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Movie breakdown

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  • It stars Chris Sanders (Love and Death) and Maia Kealoha (Lilo and Stitch~2025) among others.
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Synopsis for Lilo and Stitch

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Check out the new trailer for upcoming movie Lilo and Stitch which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

  • The movie is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp
  • It stars Chris Sanders (Stitch: The Movie) and Maia Kealoha (Lilo and Stitch) among others.
  • The movie also stars Billy Magnussen, Zach Galifianakis and Tia Carrere
  • The release date in the UK is 23rd May 2025
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Synopsis for Lilo and Stitch

The bond formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and a dog-like alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction. Pursuing aliens, social workers and the idea of the bond of family figure into the proceedings.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.