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Alien

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 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: 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
Alien3
Alien Resurrection
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Romulus

Certificates


18 age rating
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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