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1979 • R • 1h 57m • Horror, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

In space no one can hear you scream.

🍅 93% 94% MC 89 LB 4.25 IMDb 8.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.50M
Limited · 91 theaters
Domestic total
$65.40M
Incl. re-releases
Worldwide total
$188.00M
$122.60M international
Budget$10.7M
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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography
Ridley Scott Ridley Scott Director Tom Skerritt Tom Skerritt Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Veronica Cartwright Veronica Cartwright Starring Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Starring John Hurt John Hurt Starring
ScreenplayDan O'Bannon Produced byGordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill CinematographyDerek Vanlint Music byJerry Goldsmith Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 25-27 1 $3.5M — 91 $38,710 $3.5M
2 Jun 1-3 1 $2.2M −37.8% 91 $24,088 $7.0M
3 Jun 8-10 1 $2.7M +21.8% 132 $20,221 $11.1M
4 Jun 15-17 2 $2.2M −16.1% 148 $15,140 $14.9M
5 Jun 22-24 1 $5.3M +137.1% 635 $8,367 $21.8M
6 Jun 29-Jul 1 2 $4.6M −14.2% 745 $6,121 $29.3M
7 Jul 6-8 1 $3.4M −25.6% 757 $4,480 $35.8M
8 Jul 13-15 1 $2.8M −18.1% 733 $3,789 $40.5M
9 Jul 20-22 1 $2.2M −19.1% 695 $3,232 $44.2M
10 Jul 27-29 2 $1.8M −19.1% 681 $2,668 $47.3M
11 Aug 3-5 3 $1.5M −15.6% 613 $2,502 $49.9M
12 Aug 10-12 3 $1.3M −15.1% 582 $2,237 $52.1M
13 Aug 17-19 3 $993.3K −23.7% 419 $2,371 $53.8M
14 Aug 24-26 3 $957.3K −3.6% 422 $2,268 $55.3M
15 Aug 31-Sep 2 1 $1.0M +9.6% 369 $2,843 $56.9M
16 Sep 7-9 1 $649.5K −38.1% 357 $1,819 $57.7M
17 Sep 14-16 1 $485.7K −25.2% 317 $1,532 $58.4M
18 Sep 21-23 1 $540.9K +11.4% 360 $1,502 $59.2M
19 Sep 28-30 1 $393.5K −27.3% 291 $1,352 $59.7M
20 Oct 5-7 2 $286.3K −27.2% 240 $1,193 $60.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$3.5M
$2.2M
$2.7M
$2.2M
$5.3M
$4.6M
$3.4M
$2.8M
$2.2M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.1%
−37.8%
W1→2
+21.8%
W2→3
−16.1%
W3→4
+137.1%
W4→5
−14.2%
W5→6
−25.6%
W6→7
−18.1%
W7→8
−19.1%
W8→9
−19.1%
W9→10
Steepest −37.8%Biggest gain +137.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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