Alien Poster
Alien (1979)
TMDB Wikipedia Letterboxd Rotten Tomatoes Website IMDB Numbers Box Office Mojo
Alien Revenue (Daily) (with Theater Counts)

Domestic Total: 3.27M

Opening Weekend: 445.98K

Legs: 2.11

Overview: During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.


TMDB

8.2

IMDB

8.5

Metacritic

89

Letterboxd

4.26

Daily Table

DateRevenue% YDTheaters
Sun, Oct 13, 2019$386,976+ 0.00%682
Tue, Oct 15, 2019$200,382 -48.22%682
Wed, Oct 16, 2019$246,300+ 22.92%682
Fri, Jan 1, 2021$30,000 -87.82%505
Sat, Jan 2, 2021$29,000 -3.33%505
Sun, Jan 3, 2021$16,000 -44.83%505
Fri, Jan 8, 2021$21,000+ 31.25%456
Sat, Jan 9, 2021$26,000+ 23.81%456
Sun, Jan 10, 2021$13,000 -50.00%456
Fri, Apr 26, 2024$606,315+ 4563.96%1750
Sat, Apr 27, 2024$550,783 -9.16%1750
Sun, Apr 28, 2024$393,326 -28.59%1750
Mon, Apr 29, 2024$180,290 -54.16%1750
Tue, Apr 30, 2024$197,169+ 9.36%1750
Wed, May 1, 2024$203,759+ 3.34%1750
Thu, May 2, 2024$174,005 -14.60%1750
Loading weekend data...

Comps

Comps are similar or comparison movies that are used for analysis and marketing purposes. The way they are found is described in more detail in the paper. Comps always have release dates before the movie they are compared to.

TitleRelease DateBudget
Loading percent ranks...

Profitability Breakdown

Domestic

Week 1: $929.66K

Investor Share: $557.79K

Week 2: $1.97M

Investor Share: $1.08M

Week 3+: $377.76K

Investor Share: $188.88K

International

$122.63M (97.40%)

Investor Share: $42.92M

Costs

Budget: $11M


P&A: $11M

Breakdown

Gross: $125.91M


Net: $44.75M


Costs: $22M

Profit

Profit: $22.75M

The profitability breakdown is based on Dan Murrell's YouTube videos (Dan Murrell is not affiliated with Reel Numbers). The breakdown only includes the theatrical release and does not account for any post-theatrical revenue streams such as streaming, home video, or merchandise sales. Additionally, the breakdown does not include any tax incentives, sponsorships, or product placement that may have occurred during production.

Production Companies

20th Century Fox logo
Brandywine Productions logo