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Aliens(1986)
Released
1986 · FILM

Aliens

A traumatized Ellen Ripley is thrust back into the horrors of the alien threat when she joins a Colonial Marine team on a deadly mission to a terraforming colony on LV-426, where corporate greed and hidden dangers could doom them all.

“This time it's war.”

Directed by
James Cameron
Written by
James Cameron, David Giler
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
137 min
ActionAdventureHorror
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Ripley, the only survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the Alien, returns to Earth after spending 57 years in hypersleep during her journey through space. Her account is initially met with skepticism, but she agrees to join a team of Colonial Marines on a return mission to LV-426.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 154+ 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 Ray LovejoyShot by Adrian BiddleScored by James HornerDesigned by Peter Lamont

Box Office

1986 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.9× 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

$183.3M

Budget$18.5M
Worldwide gross$183.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $85.2M — 46% of worldwide · International: $98.2M (54%)

Opening weekend: $10.1M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $16.4M — 19% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,437 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (Alternative Title)Alien 2
  • Aliens - Die Rückkehrde
  • Alien, le retourfr
  • Aliens, le retourfr
  • Aliens - Scontro finaleit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 14, 1986
  • CanadaJul 18, 1986
  • United KingdomAug 29, 1986
  • JapanAug 30, 1986

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