Alien Movie Universe

Let's See How Alien Covenant Did At The Box Office This Weekend

3497 Views8 Replies
Forum Topic

colonialsoldier

MemberFacehuggerMay-29-2017 4:13 PM

To put it in perspective, at the same point of its release Prometheus was at $89 million. Covenant‘s domestic run could end at $70 million. Based on a typical Hollywood release, Covenant will need to make $400 million worldwide to break even. As of this writing, it’s at $160 million. No matter what’s being reported, this is brutal.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3439533/lets-see-alien-covenant-box-office-weekend/

After an estimated 80% drop on Friday, we now have full estimates for the entire holiday weekend (including Monday).

Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus, which has the “DNA of Alien,” did okay at the box office, although it’s quite possible it even lost some before its home video release. With a production budget of $130 million and an assumed marketing spend of at least $100 million, the $400 million worldwide GROSS put it a bit under the profit territory.

Read more at the link above.....

8 Replies

Facehuggers

MemberNeomorphMay-29-2017 4:17 PM

 

Everyone, go watch Alien: Covenant!!!

MonsterZero

MemberXenomorphMay-29-2017 4:19 PM

Wow! It's actually doing a lot better than I expected. Very good news.

Budget of 111 million, should make around 400 million then DVD/bluray sales...4 to 1 ratio is really good.

joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-29-2017 4:22 PM

I don't think it will make less than 100 million at the end of the domestic run. That would be totally embarrassing. Any Blumhouse release make more than that.

ScorpioStar

MemberFacehuggerMay-29-2017 4:23 PM

Box office, sure... why not?

Jafo

MemberOvomorphMay-29-2017 7:40 PM

Covenant is at 60 million now....It'll be over 70 million by next Monday.  It'll end it's run at around $85 to 90 million.  With it's lower budget of 97 million it'll probably need around $250 million to break even.  These are all rough estimates of course and only the Studio knows the exact number.  Remember Prometheus made $403 million, with a budget of $130 million.  Tack on VOD and Blu-ray sales and it made a profit.  Covenant needs much less to come out ahead.

QueenElizabethShaw

MemberChestbursterMay-29-2017 8:20 PM

Some added perspective regarding a general lull for several films this weekend here

colonialsoldier

MemberFacehuggerMay-30-2017 3:54 AM

@Queen - This is the major takeaway from the article that you provided......

"These movies aren’t the only major releases underwhelming everyone this summer, though. Alien: Covenant had a weak start before audiences realized it was a difficult and weird movie more interested in artificial intelligence than xenomorph-related carnage. It dropped a devastating 70% this weekend and will not cross $100 million at the domestic box office."

But Pirates have already exceeded its budget, currently sitting at 285 million on a 230 million budget.  International is going to help this movie make a profit unlike Covenant.

I would agree that Pirates is getting worn out but as you can see with Star Wars and The Fast and the Furious and Bond; they have tons of sequels and they are still racking up profits due to quality of action and story.

But look at the bright side.  Blade Runner was a flop, with a loss at about 25 million and a sequel is being made 35 years later.

Perhaps, the next Alien sequel will come out in 2040. lol

QueenElizabethShaw

MemberChestbursterMay-30-2017 5:54 AM

Will they call it Alien: 2250 so that everyone will know it's far removed from the sector of the timeline? :p

 

Add A Reply
Sign In Required
Sign in using your Scified Account to access this feature!
Email
Password
Alien Movie Universe Forums
Alien: Earth Series
Alien: Earth Series Discuss the Alien FX TV series here!
Alien Movies
Alien Movies Discuss the Classic Alien Films
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant Discuss the Prometheus Sequel, Alien: Covenant
Alien
Alien Discuss all things Alien here
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus Discuss the new Fede Alvarez Alien movie here
Prometheus
Prometheus Everything About Prometheus
Prometheus Fan Art
Prometheus Fan Art Artwork & Fiction From the Fans
Alien Games
Alien Games Discuss Alien games here
Alien 5 Movie
Alien 5 Movie Discuss Neill Blomkamps’s vision for Alien 5 here
New Forum Topics
Hot Forum Topics
Highest Forum Ranks Unlocked
ninXeno426
ninXeno426 » Praetorian
62% To Next Rank
Jonesy
Jonesy » Chestburster
50% To Next Rank
onesourishpuma
onesourishpuma » Ovomorph
14% To Next Rank
Xenomorph17
Xenomorph17 » Ovomorph
11% To Next Rank
Riza Akgoz
Riza Akgoz » Ovomorph
10% To Next Rank
Unofficial Alien Animated Series
Alien: Analects - the unofficial Alien animated series
Watch Alien: Analects - The unofficial Alien animated series we created! Visit the official page!
Latest Media
Community Stats
This Alien Movie Universe community is part of the Scified network. Scified hosts a network of online fan-site communities containing 406,070 posts by 48,294 members (3 are online now). The Alien: Earth Series Forum is the most recently active forum. The latest Forum topic added was: Is Weyland-Yutani run by a Robot? What the Xenomorph really is... My huge Alien Conspiracy theory!
VIPWhat are VIP?AdminModeratorSpecial TitleMember

This website provides the latest information, news, rumors and scoops on the Alien: Romulus movie and Alien TV series for FX! Get the latest news on the Alien prequels, sequels, spin-offs and more. Alien movie, game and TV series news is provided and maintained by fans of the Alien film franchise. This site is not affiliated with 20th Century Studios, FX, Hulu, Disney or any of their respective owners.

© 2025 Scified.com
Sign in
Use your Scified Account to sign in


Log in to view your personalized notifications across Scified!

Transport To Communities
AlienHosted Community
CloverfieldHosted Community
GodzillaHosted Community
Jurassic WorldHosted Community
PredatorHosted Community
Aliens vs. PredatorHosted Community
Search Scified
Main Menu
Content
Community
Sci-Fi Movies
Help & Info