In space no one can hear you scream.
Alien
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475th of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 41% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($105M).
- Returned 9.5× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 0th percentile.
- Audience rating 8.2 from 16,906 votes, the 98th percentile.
- Cost
- $11M
- Took
- $105M
Blockbuster9.5× its cost
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 3.1 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
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.
- Released
- 25 May 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
Top billedAll 16 credits
- Tom SkerrittDallas
- Sigourney WeaverRipley
- Veronica CartwrightLambert
- Harry Dean StantonBrett
- John HurtKane
- Ian HolmAsh
Made by
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Screenplay
- Dan O'Bannon
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Director of Photography
- Derek Vanlint
- Producer
- Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler
Filed under
HorrorScience Fiction