
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.”
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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A crew of 154+ credited
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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
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
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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 · showhide
- United StatesJul 14, 1986
- CanadaJul 18, 1986
- United KingdomAug 29, 1986
- JapanAug 30, 1986
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Cast & Crew
154 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Supporting cast
142William Hope
as Lieutenant Gorman
Gordon Carroll
Jenette Goldstein
as Private Vasquez
James Horner
Al Matthews
as Sergeant Apone
Adrian Biddle
Mark Rolston
as Private Drake
Ray Lovejoy
Peter Lamont
Terry Ackland Snow
Ken Court
Bert Davey
Fred Hole
Michael Lamont
Crispian Sallis
Emma Porteous
Elaine Bowerbank
Peter Robb King Nm0730228
Everett Burrell
Tony Gardner
Melissa Street
Mo Coppitters
Hugh Harlow
Scott Rudin
Gil Whelan
Bill Damaschke
Tom Sherak
Derek Cracknell
Melvin Lind
Stan Winston
Jeremy Coote
Julian Wall
Ron Cobb
Syd Mead
Sid Palmer
Vic Simpson
Janice Body
Michael Boone
Alan Booth
Mick Chubbock
Gilly Noyes Court
Jedediah Barton
Michael A Carter
Roy Charman
Deveril Goodman
Graham Hartstone
Peter Horrocks
Jack T Knight
Nicolas Le Messurier
Archie Ludski
Alan Paley
Norman Baillie
Nigel Booth
Ron Burton
Trevor Butterfield
Julian Caldow
Ron Cartwright
Philomena Davis
Michael Dunleavy
Greg Figiel
Nick Finlayson
Michael Anderson
Jonathan Angell
Doug Beswick
John Brown
Leslie Dear
Paul Frift
Robert Gavin
Richard Hewitt
Brian Johnson Nm0424644
Christopher Knowles
Elanor Bertram
Simon Crane
Sue Crosland
Steve Dent
Stuart Fell
Louise Head
Jazzer Jeyes
Sean Mccabe
Eddie Powell
Kiran Shah
Martin Hume
Martin Kenzie
Shaun O Dell
Bob Penn
Jack Thetford
David Worley
Kevin Brookner
Pete Cavaciuti
Michael Condro
Bill Glass
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Mary Selway
Judy Taylor
Tiny Nicholls
Dan Best
Peter Boita
Simon Harris
Phil Sanderson
Robert Hambling
Steve Maguire
William Parnell
Robin Clarke
Michael Clifford
Randall Frakes
Robert Garrett
London Symphony Orchestra
Greig Mcritchie
Eric Tomlinson
Ian Underwood
Eric Allen
Eric Crees
Diana Dill
Caroline Quilter
Alan Sutton
Joyce Turner
J Randolph Harrison
Jay Roberts
Jill Bennett
Bert Hearn
Simon Atherton
Dave Chagouri
Andrew Fletcher
Robert A Kennedy
Geoff Freeman
Monica Bielenstein
Volker Brandt
Hallgard Bruckhaus
Christian Bruckner
Michael Christian
Wolfgang Condrus
Hans Jurgen Dittberner
Stefan Fredrich
Kurt Goldstein
Ulrich Gressieker
Polly Apostolof
H R Giger
Paul Tucker
Terry English
Richard Whelan
Peter Aston
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