Alien Romulus Passes Ridley Scott and James Cameron’s Franchise Classics at Global Box Office
Call it a sequel a prequel a reboot or even an “interquel” it’s up in the air. But you can definitely call it a hit. Despite suffering a hefty drop in its second weekend of release domestically Alien Romulus passe an important global box office milestone.
The Alien Franchise Has Grossed Just Under $2 Billion World Wide
Directed by Fede Alvarez the movie serves as a sequel to Ridley Scott’s seminal orginal film Alien and a prequel to James Cameron’s equally beloved follow-up , Aliens. Having been released dedcades after those films, Alien: Romuls has now overtaken their lifteme global hauls.
The movie grossed around $16 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office and another $41 million from overseas markets. This takes its running domestic haul to $72 million and its total overseas revenue to $152 million. Alien: Romulus has now grossed a cumulative global total of $225 million and still has several overseas markets left to open.
Produced on a reported budget of around $80 million the movie in one fell swoop passed Alien’s $186 million global haul of David Fincher’s divisive Alien 3. It should be noted that in 2024 dollars, all three films would’ve earned signifiantly more.
