New Zealand Box Office for Aliens (1986)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $14,240Details
Worldwide Box Office $183,291,893Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$17,000,000
New Zealand Releases: July 18th, 1986 (Wide)
Video Release: June 24th, 1993 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Franchise: Alien
Keywords: Parasite, Corporate Malfeasance, Nightmare, Dream Sequence, Action Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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December 2nd, 2010

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Featured Blu-ray Review: Alien Anthology

November 4th, 2010

It has been just over 30 years since the first Alien hit theaters and around seven years since the franchise Box Set came out on DVD. Because these films have been released, and re-released, and then released again, this review will be less about the movies, and more about the Blu-ray and whether or not it is worth the upgrade. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/07/31 17 $4,969   22 $226   $4,969 1,777
2020/08/07 - $256 -95% 1 $256   $5,449 1,778
2020/08/14 - $463 +81% 1 $463   $463 1,779
2020/08/21 - $704 +52% 2 $352   $6,553 1,780
2020/08/28 - $88 -88% 1 $88   $6,849 1,781
2020/09/04 - $416 +373% 2 $208   $7,299 1,782
2020/09/18 - $217   1 $217   $7,599 1,784
2020/10/09 - $13   1 $13   $7,486 1,787
2020/10/16 - $13 n/c 1 $13   $7,461 1,788
2020/11/13 - $342   5 $68   $8,050 1,792
2020/11/20 - $1,915 +460% 2 $958   $10,292 1,793
2021/06/18 - $733   1 $733   $11,019 1,823
2022/07/01 - $76   1 $76   $10,110 1,877
2022/09/02 - $4,346   2 $2,173   $14,240 1,886
2022/09/16 - $65   1 $65   $9,883 1,888
2023/05/19 - $312   1 $312   $10,323 1,923
2023/07/21 - $153   1 $153   $10,842 1,932
2023/07/28 - $142 -7% 1 $142   $10,647 1,933

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00$00
Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/6/1986 $0 0 94 207 $344,487 1/15/2021
Italy 5/29/2023 00$0
Mexico 7/20/2023 00$0
New Zealand 7/18/1986 $0 0 22 47 $14,240 7/31/2023
North America 7/18/1986 $10,052,042 1,437 1,454 13,762 $85,160,248
South Korea 12/24/1986 $0 0 34 58 $10,009 7/15/2020
United Kingdom 8/29/1986 $0 0 63 229 $155,707 5/10/2023
 
Rest of World $97,607,202
 
Worldwide Total$183,291,893 7/31/2023

Leading Cast

Sigourney Weaver    Ellen Ripley

Supporting Cast

Michael Biehn    Corporal Dwayne Hicks
Al Matthews    Sgt. Apone
Lance Henriksen    Bishop
Mark Rolston    Pvt. Drake
Jenette Goldstein    Pvt. Vasquez
Paul Reiser    Carter J. Burke
Bill Paxton    Pvt. W. Hudson
Carrie Henn    Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden
William Hope    Lt. Gorman

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

James Cameron    Screenwriter
James Cameron    Director
James Horner    Composer