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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
Other movies in this series
Alien
Aliens
Alien
3
Alien Resurrection
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Romulus
Certificates
US
TV-PG
R-15
16
16
14
12
M/16
PG
18
16
16
16+
17+
13
C13
M
15
18
16
K-18
PG13
18+
15
R-18
16
K-16
A
16
G
16
T
A
15
15
12
14
Total grosses
UK total gross
£4.4 Million
US total gross
$83.5 Million
Global total gross
$203.6 Million
25thframe.co.uk stats
This weeks Box Office Positions
UK Box Office Info
Weeks on UK box office:
15
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
7 Sep 1979
1
N
£640,782
£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
£208,081
7 Nov 2003
13
▼
£77,920
£286,001
1 Mar 2019
16
▼
£129,245
£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
£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
32
▲
£7,402
£563,604
26 Sep 2025
46
▼
£2,793
£130,722
3 Oct 2025
46
▲▼
£3,275
£133,996
17 Oct 2025
39
▲
£7,642
£141,913
24 Oct 2025
49
▼
£3,168
£145,285
31 Oct 2025
35
▲
£12,010
£158,637
5 Dec 2025
44
▼
£1,811
£160,736
24 Apr 2026
54
▼
£1,312
£162,048
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
$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
$1,550,424
Global Box Office Info
Weeks on Global box office:
3
Global Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
1 Jan 2021
30
▼
£75,000
£106,225,522
8 Jan 2021
42
▼
£60,000
£106,285,522
26 Apr 2024
18
▲
£1,550,424
£1,550,424
US release
Soviet Union release
Japan release
£4.4 Million 
$83.5 Million 
$203.6 Million