Disney’s 20th Century Studios and Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus opened over the weekend bringing in $41.6 million domestically.
The number is in line with estimates and is the second-highest opening for the Alien franchise along with being the highest opening for Alvarez.
Add on another $66.7M from foreign grosses and the Alien: Romulus box office has already passed the hundred million dollar mark: $108.2M.
The budget is only reported to be around $80M, so the flick is off to a good start.
Critics and fans are also giving it decent remarks as Alien: Romulus has a B+ CinemaScore. The Rotten Tomatoes Score is at 81% and the Audience Score is at 87%.
I have yet to see it myself, but have heard it’s pretty good except for something that kind of goes wrong in the third act or the last 15 minutes that might turn you off. Yeah, that’s a bummer, especially when it comes to and end of a movie, but hopefully the rest of the movie makes up for it.
Fans in certain theaters were also treated to the reveal of the upcoming Aliens: Earth series coming to FX from Noah Hawley. Per the title, the Xenomorphs make their way to Earth. Aliens: Earth premiers on FX on Hulu.
Caught the #AlienEarth teaser at my #AlienRomulus round 2 screening! pic.twitter.com/ODFJq87WLt
— Adam Zeller (@ridgetop21) August 17, 2024
