The Xenomorph is still a success
It’s not just for Deadpool and Wolverine this summer, as another hit film is doing very well at the global box office: Alien: Romulus. In fact, the seventh film of the famous science fiction horror saga, with its merciless Xenomorphhas opened with a bang in theaters. Released on August 14 in France and August 16 in the United States, as well as in several other territories, Fede Alvarez’s film has outpaced projections, both in the United States and elsewhere.
While we expected it to collect around $30-35 million on North American soil by the end of its first weekend, Alien: Romulus cashed in $41.5 million of recipes. We must add to this nice national figure 66.7 million dollars from international sources.
Romulus gets 2nd best movie launch Alien
If it doesn’t do as well Prometheusreleased in 2012 and best launch of the saga in the USA with 51 million dollars grossed, Alien: Romulus achieves the second best launch performance for the saga started by Ridley Scott in 1979.
With a global total to date of $108.2 million in terms of revenue, this production is already a success for 20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of Disney. In fact, with an estimated production budget of 80 million dollars, Alien: Romulus it will become very quickly extremely profitable. Backed by largely positive reviews and solid word of mouth, it will also benefit from the lack of competition in the coming weeks. Note that the most profitable territory after North America is Chinawhere the film created a surprise by bringing back in a few days more than $25 millioneven well beyond expectations.
Source: Cine Serie
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