‘Alien: Romulus’ Ends Its Theatrical Run: How Much Did It Make?

Alien: Romulus—the latest film in the iconic Alien movie scenes—is done playing in theaters after a successful box office run.

Released on August 16, Alien: Romulus marks the seventh film in the filmmaker Ridley Scott’s Alien movie saga. It is set between the events of director Scott’s 1979 classic Alien and director James Cameron’s 1986 blockbuster Aliens.

Directed by Fede Alvarez and produced by Scott, Alien: Romulus follows a group of young mining colonists who become surrounded by Xenomorphs while trying to scavenge equipment from an abandoned space outpost.

The cast of Alien Romulus includes Cailee Spaeny, Isabella Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu.

The Numbers indicated that Thursday was the final day that Alien: Romulus would be playing in theaters since it was not included in Friday’s theater counts. The film made $1,639 from 35 North American theaters to end its run with $105,313,091 in domestic ticket sales.

Per the box office tracker, Alien: Romulus also made $243,810,657 in international ticket sales to bring its worldwide box office tally to $349,123,748 against an $80 million production budget before prints and advertising.

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Stayed True To The Franchise’s Use Of Practical Effects

Director Fede Alvarez stayed true to the Alien franchise’s use of practical visual and makeup effects in Alien: Romulus, especially when it came to the creation of the film’s menacing Xenomorph aliens.

Among the stars of Alien: Romulus who personally experienced the use of the film’s practical visual effects was Aileen Wu, who participated in scenes that included the attack of Facehugger and Chestburster Xenomorphs.

In a Zoom conversation prior to the release of Alien: Romulus in theaters, Wu described what went into her character Navarro’s Chestburster Xenomorph scene.

“There were two days where I was wearing a fake chest. It was very heavy—like a front backpack where the chest was hollowed out and the rib cages could pop open in a very violent way,” Wu said. “Then, [Special Effects supervisor] Alec Gillis—who with his team who worked on previous Alien films—made the Chestburster puppet that they would feed it through my fake chest.”

To complete the illusion, Wu said, Alvarez and his crew cut a hole in the floor of the film’s faux spaceship.

“I was sitting in the hole in the Corbelan cockpit on a bicycle chair with my arms on the floor, and then the prosthetic piece with my fake legs dangling down was laid on the floor,” Wu said. “Yeah, that was a really fun day!”

In addition to audiences, Alien: Romulus won over Rotten Tomatoes critics. RT critics collectively have Alien: Romulus an 80% “fresh” rating based on 383 reviews, while the film also earned an 85% “fresh” RT Audience Score based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings.

Rated R, Alien: Romulus is currently available on digital streaming via premium via premium video on demand.