Alien
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
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.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Studio
Brandywine Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Alien performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$104.9M
Gross Profit
$93.9M
Return
9.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$21M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Dallas
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Ripley
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Lambert
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Brett
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
Kane
John Hurt
Kane
Ash
Ian Holm
Ash
Parker
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Alien
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Mother (voice)
Helen Horton
Mother (voice)
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