Aliens
“This time it's war.”
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Studio
SLM Production Group
Language
en
Status
Released
How Aliens performed
Budget
$18.5M
Worldwide Gross
$183.3M
Gross Profit
$164.8M
Return
9.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$24M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Ripley
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Newt
Carrie Henn
Newt
Corporal Hicks
Michael Biehn
Corporal Hicks
Burke
Paul Reiser
Burke
Bishop
Lance Henriksen
Bishop
Private Hudson
Bill Paxton
Private Hudson
Lieutenant Gorman
William Hope
Lieutenant Gorman
Private Vasquez
Jenette Goldstein
Private Vasquez
Sergeant Apone
Al Matthews
Sergeant Apone
Private Drake
Mark Rolston
Private Drake
Private Frost
Ricco Ross
Private Frost
Corporal Ferro
Colette Hiller
Corporal Ferro
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