Alien
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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Part of Alien Collection
4 films
Cast
9 people
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Known for
Top Gun
Contact
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Known for
Avatar
Marvel's The Defenders
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Known for
The Birds
Flight of the Navigator
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
Known for
Paris, Texas
The Green Mile
John Hurt
Kane
Known for
V for Vendetta
Snowpiercer
Ian Holm
Ash
Known for
Ratatouille
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Known for
Live and Let Die
The Running Man
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Helen Horton
Mother (voice)
Known for
The Benny Hill Show
Superman III
Ridley Scott Director · Dan O'Bannon Screenplay Ronald Shusett Story
Worldwide gross $105M · Budget $11M · United States release May 25, 1979
Box office
Budget
$11,000,000
Worldwide gross
$104,931,801
Gross vs. budget
9.5×
Production
Brandywine Productions
Production
Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Production
Ronald Shusett Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
Romania · May 25, 1979
Limited theatrical
United States · May 25, 1979
Limited theatrical
United States · June 1, 1999
Physical · DVD
United States
June 21, 1979 · Theatrical
October 29, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
January 6, 2004 · Physical · DVD (Director's Cut)
May 10, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray (Theatrical and Director's Cuts)
October 7, 2014 · Physical · 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray (Theatrical and Director's Cuts)
April 1, 2019 · Physical · 40th Anniversary Edition 4K UHD (Theatrical and Director's Cuts)
April 26, 2024 · Theatrical · 45th Anniversary Edition
Argentina
December 25, 1979 · Theatrical
February 5, 2004 · Theatrical · Director's cut
Australia
December 6, 1979 · Theatrical
December 13, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Austria
October 26, 1979 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 13, 1979 · Theatrical
October 22, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Bolivia
January 1, 1980 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 20, 1979 · Theatrical
December 19, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Canada
June 21, 1979 · Theatrical
September 6, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Chile
December 25, 1979 · Theatrical
China
April 16, 2016 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
June 16, 2017 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
January 30, 2019 · Digital · iqiyi
December 23, 2023 · Digital · bilibili
Colombia
September 13, 1979 · Theatrical
Cyprus
November 5, 1979 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 12, 1979 · Theatrical
Egypt
March 10, 1980 · Theatrical
Finland
October 26, 1979 · Theatrical
France
September 12, 1979 · Theatrical
November 12, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
June 9, 2026 · Theatrical · Mondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon
June 20, 2026 · Theatrical · Mondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon
July 5, 2026 · Theatrical · Mondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon
July 13, 2026 · Theatrical · Mondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon
Germany
October 24, 1979 · Theatrical · West Germany
October 23, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Greece
November 5, 1979 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 14, 1979 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 15, 1981 · Theatrical
October 27, 1995 · TV · First dubbed for only TV
August 12, 2014 · TV · Re-rating of movie version
September 4, 2014 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
March 23, 2023 · Theatrical · 4K Assembly Director's Cut
Iceland
December 18, 1980 · Theatrical
India
December 6, 1979 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 14, 1979 · Theatrical
October 31, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Israel
November 2, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
October 25, 1979 · Theatrical
November 14, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Director's Cut
June 20, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Park Circus Re-release
Jamaica
February 6, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
July 21, 1979 · Theatrical
January 31, 2004 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Lithuania
May 9, 2017 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Malaysia
November 15, 1979 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 21, 1979 · Theatrical
December 2, 1979 · Limited theatrical
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Netherlands
September 12, 1979 · Theatrical
October 23, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
May 8, 2004 · TV · Yorin
July 9, 2008 · Physical · DVD
October 5, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
New Zealand
January 24, 1980 · Theatrical
Norway
November 13, 1979 · Theatrical
October 29, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Peru
January 24, 1980 · Theatrical
Philippines
October 31, 1979 · Theatrical
August 9, 2002 · TV · Studio 23
Poland
January 2, 1980 · Theatrical
November 11, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Portugal
October 21, 1979 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
August 30, 1979 · Theatrical
August 24, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Russia
May 28, 1979 · Theatrical
Russia
February 1, 1991 · Theatrical
January 30, 2007 · Physical · DVD
November 11, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
March 7, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release
Singapore
November 15, 1979 · Theatrical
April 26, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
South Africa
October 3, 1979 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 1, 1987 · Theatrical
Spain
September 16, 1979 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
September 24, 1979 · Theatrical
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Sweden
November 2, 1979 · Theatrical
November 14, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
February 4, 2004 · Physical · DVD
October 27, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
April 8, 2019 · Physical · 4K Ultra HD
Taiwan
February 16, 1980 · Theatrical
Thailand
August 28, 1982 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 1, 1981 · Theatrical
Ukraine
July 19, 2017 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
United Kingdom
September 1, 1979 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
September 6, 1979 · Theatrical
October 31, 2003 · Theatrical · Director's Cut
Uruguay
March 28, 1980 · Theatrical
Venezuela
March 28, 1980 · Theatrical
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