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MOVIE

Alien

1979

117 minutes (1 hrs 57 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING FILM SERIES NEWS

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: 51

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

16+

K-18

18+

R-18

M/16

17+

K-16

C13

R-15

PG13

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

25thframe.co.uk stats

Box Office Release Breakdown

Soviet Union release date: 28th May 1979
USA release date: 22nd June 1979
Japan release date: 21st July 1979
Brazil release date: 20th August 1979
Puerto Rico release date: 30th August 1979
UK release date: 6th September 1979
France release date: 12th September 1979
Belgium release date: 13th September 1979
Colombia release date: 13th September 1979
Ireland release date: 14th September 1979
Spain release date: 25th September 1979
South Africa release date: 3rd October 1979
Denmark release date: 12th October 1979
Portugal release date: 21st October 1979
Italy release date: 25th October 1979
Netherlands release date: 25th October 1979
Austria release date: 26th October 1979
Finland release date: 26th October 1979
Singapore release date: 31st October 1979
Israel release date: 2nd November 1979
Sweden release date: 2nd November 1979
Cyprus release date: 5th November 1979
Greece release date: 5th November 1979
Norway release date: 13th November 1979
Hong Kong release date: 14th November 1979
Malaysia release date: 15th November 1979
Australia release date: 6th December 1979
India release date: 6th December 1979
Mexico release date: 21st December 1979
Argentina release date: 25th December 1979
Chile release date: 25th December 1979
Bolivia release date: 1st January 1980
Poland release date: 2nd January 1980
New Zealand release date: 24th January 1980
Peru release date: 24th January 1980
Jamaica release date: 6th February 1980
Taiwan release date: 16th February 1980
Cook Islands release date: 21st February 1980
Egypt release date: 10th March 1980
South Africa release date: 10th March 1980
Uruguay release date: 28th March 1980
Venezuela release date: 28th March 1980
Iceland release date: 18th December 1980
Hungary release date: 15th January 1981
India release date: 30th January 1981
Czechoslovakia release date: 1st July 1982
Thailand release date: 28th August 1982
South Korea release date: 1st October 1987