Fede Alvarez Alien: Romulus A strong $6.5 million in Thursday previews puts the highly-anticipated August event on track to gross $40 million above expectations, delivering another win for the Disney film empire and the overall summer box office.
20th Century and Disney held off on censorship until this week, a strategy that has paid off. With a new 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film may succeed in broadening its audience beyond older men, the target audience who grew up with the legendary film.
Part 8 of the long run alien The series is set between the events of Ridley Scott’s 1979 alien and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, alien. (Scott is a producer Romulus.)
The R-rated film tells the story of young colonists who stumble upon an abandoned space station and encounter the horrors of the alien creatures that are the series’ enduring stars. The film stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonson, Archie Renault, Isabella Merced and Spike Finn.
Romulus The original plan was to go straight to streaming and premiere on Disney-owned Hulu, but the studio pivoted to a theatrical release as principal photography began. “When we started shooting it, the studio was like, ‘Fuck, we’re going to get into theaters with this,'” Alvarez told us. hollywood reporter In an in-depth interview in March.
The film opens Friday around the world and in theaters around the world.
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