Alien: Romulus ends theatrical release with 350 million – continues success with strong streaming debut

Since we last took a look at the impressive theatrical debut and strong weekends that followed, Alien: Romulus has finally left theaters and achieved one final milestone in the process.

According to Box Office Mojo, the film has surpassed the $350 million mark worldwide and currently sits at $350,423,353 total and $105,282,126 domestically.

The majority of the film's total revenue came from the international market, accounting for 70% of the film's revenue. “Romulus” performed exceptionally well in China, where it earned a third of the total gross, making it the country's second-biggest Hollywood release of 2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

With these successes, “Alien: Romulus” is the second most successful film in the series, both in terms of its opening weekend and overall box office. It didn't quite reach the huge numbers of Prometheus, but given the smaller production budget of around 80 million, it should be considered an equally big success by the studio. Alien: Romulus also significantly outperformed the last Alien movie, Alien: Covenant, grossing over 100 million more than that film.

Textless version of the Korean Alien: Romulus poster

Reaction to the film was generally positive, with 80% of the reviews written by critics on Rotten Tomatoes on the Tomatometer and 85% of the site's audience on the Popcornmeter. The overall score on Metacritic was slightly lower, but still positive overall, with a “Metascore” of 64 and a user score of 7.2. The film also received a grade of “B+” from movie audience survey site CinemaScore.

Our own website conducted a survey of fans about their thoughts on the film, which also came back at 75% positive. Check out the final results below:

Loved it. (5/5) (38%, 813 votes)
Well, it was fun. (4/5) (37%, 788 votes)
It was okay. (3/5) (11%, 244 votes)
Could have been better. (2/5) (6%, 136 votes)
I hated it! (0/5) (4%, 78 votes)
I didn't like it. (1/5) (3%, 71 votes)

As of October 15, Alien: Romulus is now available on video-on-demand streaming platforms and has continued its strong performance there. The film debuted at number one on the iTunes/AppleTV charts within 24 hours of release. It also performed well on other streaming platforms, currently at #4 on Amazon Prime Video and #5 on Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu).

The physical version of the film on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD will be released a little later on December 3rd.

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