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Released
2004 · FILM

Alien vs. Predator

A desperate expedition led by mountaineer Lex Woods races to uncover a buried Antarctic pyramid before a lethal extraterrestrial hunter can unleash its deadly technology, forcing the team to survive both ancient secrets and an unstoppable alien predator.

“Whoever wins...we lose.”

Directed by
Paul W S Anderson, Mark Egerton
Written by
Paul W S Anderson, Dan O Bannon
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
101 min
ActionAdventureHorror

Synopsis

When scientists discover an apparent buried pyramid near Antarctica, they dispatch a research team to investigate. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to enter a hunting ground where aliens are bred for sport by the Predator race.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 867+ 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 Alexander BernerShot by David JohnsonScored by Harald KloserDesigned by Richard BridglandSound by Howard BargroffCostumes by Magali GuidasciVFX by Richard Briscoe

Box Office

2004 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.5× 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

$177.4M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$177.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $80.3M — 45% of worldwide · International: $97.1M (55%)

Opening weekend: $38.3M — 48% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $50.6M — 63% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,395 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • Unrated Version· 109 min
  • extended· 103 min

Also known as

  • (English)Alien vs. Predator
  • Alien vs. Predatorde
  • Alien vs. Predatorfr
  • (Bulgarian)Пришълецът срещу хищникът
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • Puerto RicoAug 12, 2004
  • ThailandAug 12, 2004
  • CanadaAug 13, 2004
  • United StatesAug 13, 2004
  • PhilippinesAug 18, 2004

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