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Alien Resurrection(1997)
Released
1997 · FILM

Alien Resurrection

A genetically engineered clone of Ellen Ripley, born with alien DNA and a psychic link to the X‑enomorphs, must battle mercenaries and her own monstrous instincts to prevent a deadly hive from escaping the space vessel and wiping out humanity.

“It's already too late.”

Directed by
Jean Pierre Jeunet
Written by
Dan O Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
109 min
ActionHorrorSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Two hundred years after Lieutenant Ripley's death, scientists clone her in an effort to create the ultimate weapon. The resulting Ripley proves unexpected, as do the newly introduced aliens. She joins forces with a group of smugglers to prevent the creatures from reaching Earth.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 233+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Herve SchneidShot by Darius KhondjiScored by John FrizzellDesigned by Nigel Phelps

Box Office

1997 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$162.0M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$162.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $47.8M — 30% of worldwide · International: $114.2M (70%)

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Versions & cuts

  • 2003 Special Edition· 116 min · 2003

Also known as

  • (English)Alien: Resurrection
  • Alien - die Wiedergeburtde
  • Alien: Resurrectionen
  • Alien: resurrecciónes
  • Alien, la résurrectionfr
  • Alien - La clonazioneit
  • (Bulgarian)Пришълецът: Завръщането
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceNov 6, 1997
  • SwitzerlandNov 12, 1997
  • United StatesNov 20, 1997
  • CanadaNov 26, 1997

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