"Alien: Covenant" - China release: $30M

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ALIEN: COVENANT

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Winning the weekend in China, Fox’s Alien: Covenant came in at $30.5M in 43 total markets ($30M from the Middle Kingdom). The China start also included $3M on 403 IMAX screens. The Shanghai Interantional Film Festival is about to unspool three previous Alien films in a special sci-fi section, including Ridley Scott’s original, and that could help boost some interest in the current film. However, there have been reports out of the Middle Kingdom of cuts to Covenant and there is not much time ahead of Transformers 5. In all, the international total is now $142.3M with Japan still to come on September 15.

http://deadline.com/2017/06/the-mummy-wonder-woman-despicable-me-3-wekend-results-international-box-office-1202115482/

Roger55
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June 18, 2017

So, yeah, it's probably over $200m worldwide and may be at around $215-$220m by Sunday. It won't come anywhere near the $405m earned by Prometheus five years ago. An over/under $250m worldwide cume for an R-rated horror movie is nothing to snark at, even if Fox was arguably hoping for something better. This is a longer conversation for another day, but I still maintain that Prometheus: Covenant (or just Covenant) would have been a better sell.

more info: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/06/16/china-box-office-alien-covenant-nabs-11m-friday-tom-cruises-the-mummy-drops-85/#4a032ff1764d

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June 19, 2017

@Roger55 - I like Scott Mendleson but personally, I do not think the title of the movie would have made a difference. It is the final product in the end and the final product was not up to par and disappointing for most fans. The movie could have been called "Star Beast" but if the movie was truly amazing; it would have made much more money.