Director
Ridley Scott
Starring
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
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Alien
📊 Performance IndexMilestones
🌎 Global Tracker
(Target:
$500M)
41%
🇺🇸 Domestic (US)
(Target:
$500M)
17%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(Target:
$25M)
15%
⚡ Volatility
🎬 In the Vault
🕒 Normal tracking metrics
Site Popularity Rank:
👑 Unranked
🕒 Screening PaceLength
Standard Feature
Currently tracking active feature block runtime sequence profile parameters.
🎯
Box Office Verdict
🚀 Runaway Hit
Flop
Steady (Target: $64.7M)
Blockbuster
* Editorial Note: Performance targets, verdicts, and volatility metrics reflect automated site projections and community opinion, and do not represent official studio accounting or real-world financial guarantees.
💰 Box Office
HUD
Live
Data
Opening Weekends
🇺🇸
US Weekend
$3,527,881
🇬🇧
UK Weekend
£640,782
🌐
Global Opening
$1,550,424
Lifetime Grosses
🇺🇸
Total North American
$83,450,883
🇬🇧
Total United Kingdom
£3,762,948
🌐
Worldwide Total
$203,630,630
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Director
Written
Dan OBannon
Screenwriter
Ronald Shusett
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International Release Schedule
| Territory / Region | Release Date | Platform / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 🌍 Soviet Union | 28 May 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 USA | 22 Jun 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Japan | 21 Jul 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Brazil | 20 Aug 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Puerto Rico | 30 Aug 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 UK | 6 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 France | 12 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Belgium | 13 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Colombia | 13 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Ireland | 14 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Spain | 25 Sep 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 South Africa | 3 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Denmark | 12 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Portugal | 21 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Italy | 25 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Netherlands | 25 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Austria | 26 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Finland | 26 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Singapore | 31 Oct 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Israel | 2 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Sweden | 2 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Cyprus | 5 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Greece | 5 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Norway | 13 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hong Kong | 14 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Malaysia | 15 Nov 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Australia | 6 Dec 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 India | 6 Dec 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Mexico | 21 Dec 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Argentina | 25 Dec 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Chile | 25 Dec 1979 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Bolivia | 1 Jan 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Poland | 2 Jan 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 New Zealand | 24 Jan 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Peru | 24 Jan 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Jamaica | 6 Feb 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Taiwan | 16 Feb 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Cook Islands | 21 Feb 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Egypt | 10 Mar 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Uruguay | 28 Mar 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Venezuela | 28 Mar 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Iceland | 18 Dec 1980 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hungary | 15 Jan 1981 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Czechoslovakia | 1 Jul 1982 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Thailand | 28 Aug 1982 | Theatre |
| 🌍 South Korea | 1 Oct 1987 | Theatre |