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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

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Alien

Certificates

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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UK Box Office Info

Weeks on UK box office: 15

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Alien

7 Sep 1979

£640,782

14 Sep 1979

1▲▼

£570,391

£1,439,329

21 Sep 1979

1▲▼

£835,196

£2,650,363

28 Sep 1979

3▼

£417,598

£3,214,120

5 Oct 1979

3▲▼

£208,799

£3,485,559

12 Oct 1979

3▲▼

£104,400

£3,621,279

19 Oct 1979

4▼

£52,200

£3,694,359

26 Oct 1979

5▼

£26,100

£3,728,289

2 Nov 1979

7▼

£13,050

£3,745,254

9 Nov 1979

10▼

£6,525

£3,754,715

16 Nov 1979

9▲

£3,263

£3,758,957

23 Nov 1979

10▼

£1,632

£3,761,079

30 Nov 1979

9▲

£816

£3,762,262

7 Dec 1979

9▲▼

£408

£3,762,813

14 Dec 1979

11▼

£100

£3,762,948

31 Oct 2003

10▲

£208,081

7 Nov 2003

13▼

£77,920

£286,001

1 Mar 2019

16▼

£129,245

8 Mar 2019

26▼

£11,734

£140,979

15 Mar 2019

21▲

£25,723

£166,702

22 Mar 2019

31▼

£2,510

£169,212

29 Mar 2019

36▼

£3,048

£172,260

5 Apr 2019

41▼

£1,288

£173,548

19 Apr 2019

46▼

£708

£174,256

10 Jul 2020

54▼

£198

£174,454

21 Aug 2020

63▼

£31

£174,485

9 Oct 2020

51▲

£380

£174,865

23 Oct 2020

20▲

£11,022

£185,887

30 Oct 2020

20▲▼

£15,928

£201,815

13 Nov 2020

30▼

£122

£201,937

27 Nov 2020

38▼

£87

£202,024

17 Sep 2021

31▲

£11,533

£213,557

24 Sep 2021

58▼

£606

£214,163

19 Nov 2021

50▲

£576

£214,739

12 Aug 2022

38▲

£465

£379,615

9 Sep 2022

61▼

£1,255

£381,773

21 Apr 2023

36▲

£8,678

28 Apr 2023

38▼

£7,057

£86,596

5 May 2023

39▼

£1,833

£95,942

4 Aug 2023

36▲

£1,448

£97,697

8 Sep 2023

28▲

£5,999

£103,696

1 Nov 2024

48▼

£3,212

£116,457

25 Apr 2025

62▼

£1,319

£385,567

5 Sep 2025

31▲

£7,402

£563,604

26 Sep 2025

45▼

£2,793

£130,722

3 Oct 2025

46▼

£3,275

£133,996

US Box Office Info

Weeks on US box office: 29

US Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

25 May 1979

1▲

$3,527,881

1 Jun 1979

1▲▼

$2,192,024

$6,950,663

8 Jun 1979

1▲▼

$2,669,177

$11,051,322

15 Jun 1979

2▼

$2,240,772

$14,923,670

22 Jun 1979

1▲

$5,312,945

$21,778,983

29 Jun 1979

2▼

$4,560,137

$29,338,183

6 Jul 1979

1▲

$3,391,197

$35,795,497

13 Jul 1979

1▲▼

$2,777,042

$40,515,877

20 Jul 1979

2▼

$2,246,329

$44,195,413

27 Jul 1979

2▲▼

$1,816,627

$47,332,006

3 Aug 1979

1▲

$1,533,612

$49,909,464

10 Aug 1979

1▲▼

$1,301,922

$52,092,686

17 Aug 1979

1▲▼

$993,340

$53,802,893

24 Aug 1979

2▼

$957,284

$55,309,035

31 Aug 1979

1▲

$1,049,075

$56,863,418

7 Sep 1979

1▲▼

$649,505

$57,733,690

14 Sep 1979

1▲▼

$485,711

$58,443,685

21 Sep 1979

1▲▼

$540,887

$59,154,839

28 Sep 1979

1▲▼

$393,452

$59,735,665

5 Oct 1979

2▼

$286,282

$60,150,933

31 Oct 2003

16▼

$1,023,665

$1,287,560

7 Nov 2003

24▼

$254,715

$1,798,175

14 Nov 2003

57▼

$22,555

$1,954,649

21 Nov 2003

83▼

$9,879

$1,974,937

28 Nov 2003

89▼

$4,403

$1,983,690

11 Oct 2019

14▲

$386,976

$105,891,046

1 Jan 2021

9▲

$75,000

$106,278,022

8 Jan 2021

10▼

$60,000

$106,285,522

26 Apr 2024

11▼

$1,550,424