'Alien: Romulus' Facehugs Its Way to $41.5M at the Domestic Box Office

[@liferealgood]

$108 worldwide. That’s pretty good. If it passes $300m they’ll greenlight another movie by 2025.

[@sunshine2panda]

In 30 years they will use "something in the water" as The Line

[@ziggy8253]

Sowmindawohah

[@adonisscott2257]

Sorry, but it will be 5 years before that happens

[@py16667]

*Wo’ah

[@v.h.rodriguez7997]

As long as they cut-and-paste it verbatim (sans consonants).

[@brockwhiting9066]

Damn. That's a lot higher than I was expecting for opening weekend

[@eduardogutierrez4698]

I really hope that , if there is a sequel, they dont kill off Rain and Andy off-screen like they did with Newt, Hicks and Elizabeth Shaw....

[@liferealgood]

Oh they will be 😂😂😂😂 that stuff is getting tired bro. They even killed off the chick at the end of Covenant off screen. Then the Walter Android I think was killed off screen or whichever one is the good one.

[@richtoonsTV]

I recommend you check out Coraline. It's darker than you think, harkening back to when stories for kids could have a bit of nastiness. It's my favorite stop-motion movie.

[@SeekingGodsWill]

All of those Stop motion animated movies are incredible. I saw Paranorman First and fell in love with the Studio. Coraline is cool, and Kubo is strong. There is one more I haven't seen yet. ParaNorman is the one I think James would love.

[@CB-qg3yh]

I'm not gonna lie, the early summer had me alittle bit terrified when Furiosa failed to meet expectations. I'm glad we are back on track

[@CZJames20]

If you´d taken a drink everytime he mentions how unoriginal Romulus is in this video you´d be dead.

[@EzeICE]

Even if you'd taken shots of water....same result. Lol sheeesh.

[@Father_Daniel]

Awesome to Romulas did so good! I think Fede Alvarez did a great job with the 2013 Evil Dead reboot and also did an original story with Don't Breathe.

[@bethsheetz2271]

Really liked the mention of Ian Holm in "Brazil".

[@cb1982]

James, Coraline is that rare creation, both the story and adaptation, that works on multiple levels. There are some genuinely creepy elements to it that might tickle your twisted sensibilities. This from someone with their own twisted sensibilities. Cheers for the consistently informative, thought provoking, and entertaining content.

[@nevskislake]

I love the thumbnail for this video. Thank you, as always, for the weekly box office breakdown, James! Have a good week.

[@jmil843]

Happy for Romulus. I had problems with it but overall I liked it.

[@Drambles77]

Coraline is one of my favorite animated films. Highly recommended.

[@Father_Daniel]

Agreed!

[@JDE1995]

I've just seen Romulus for a second time in IMAX. That tells you everything I think of it. 😂 The bad Ian Holm CGI did take me out of it and a couple throw back lines should have been left out of it, even if the two audiences I was sitting in cheered at the "stay away from her" line. Other than that I loved it.

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Glad it's doing ok but oh boy has this one been over-hyped by so many reviewers. I think the explanation is that we're at desperation point for a franchise film that isn't complete garbage. It's another one that will disappear from the radar as soon as it's out of theatres, as with Furiosa and Prey. Fine in the moment with a bucket of popcorn but not amounting to anything at all in the long run.

[@hulkhogansgianttaint9451]

For all the hate Bjorn is getting, I really liked the character. He hated synths and actually tried to take down the alien before it molted into an adult xenomorph. Taking action and despising synths usually serve characters well in the Alien universe.

[@kiaadams104]

His character was dumb. He was unnecessarily angry to the point that that was his only defining characteristic/personality trait. Then he dies because he is curious? He had the alien hurt after he electrocuted it then he touches it? After the blood burns him? ... then he stands and fulls under it??... stupid. Also the pregnant character was pretty stupid. The love interest and bald chick were more believable.

[@thefrenchmanla]

Oh what? Dude you have to watch Coraline. It’s phenomenal and dark.. not so kid friendly

[@juktapose]

Yeah that character was annoying as hell "Bjorn " . Rain and David were my favorite. Kay scream queen was good too.

[@jmil843]

Coraline is a great movie

[@KadeemG61]

Laika Animation is one of my favorite underrated animation studios of all time. Didn’t see Coraline back then, I was at the time seeing District 9. It sucks that we’ll never get a sequel to District 9.

[@BKBEDSTUY]

Nice. I hope Fede makes another

[@Fiorwestcoast]

As long as be tells Ridley and his black goo to shove it

[@AdrianMendoza23]

Great B.O. Breakdown as usual James. I really enjoyed 'Alien Romulus' and in my opinion it's the fifth best Alien film. 4:04 - I agree. Why not choose another actor to play a replicant or bring back Fassbender's replicant. I just can't trust Disney or as George Lucas calls them ''White Slavers". 5:37 - 😆. I enjoyed the cast of Romulus. 10:35 - here here. 13:53 - I caught 'Corraline' yesterday & yeah it's too kid friendly but it looks great. 18:47 - I caught 'Skincare' after Romulus and I really enjoyed it.

[@cameronscott7304]

I really hope Fede Alvarez tackles a Dead Space movie down the line

[@ziggy8253]

It’s Monday, Aug. 19. Discussion about “Alien: Romulus” is now over. It’s done. Time to put it to rest. Maybe we’ll revisit it at the end of the year, but this one’s in the books. You can express your grievances again when the next Alien movie comes out in two to three years, but I guarantee you, it won’t matter by then! Move on to the next topic of the week!

[@bruh_hahaha]

You’re being too hard on the Romulus characters’. They’re desperate 20-somethings stuck in a life they didn’t ask for. At that age you make poor decisions. I came from a very poor family, I know I made some questions choices. Anyways, I’m glad Romulus is doing well! It was a great time at the theaters. 😎🍿

[@ziggy8253]

They were also practically enslaved by the company. They were young kids desperate to escape a hellish situation.

[@mr.jack0039]

you see if they made some version of "Bodies Bodies Bodies" + "Alien". little obnoxious young adults vs Xeno that could be sth really interesting. but they decided to make them these hardened mine workers or sth making it look ridiculous.

[@ziggy8253]

My rebuttal is always: “Deadpool & Wolverine.” People had no problem with them literally digging Logan from the grave! LFG, right? LFG! 😂 It is hypocritical to criticize the elements in “Alien: Romulus” but like (or tolerate) the same elements in “Deadpool & Wolverine.” If you do that, then you’re just being a fanboy.

[@v.h.rodriguez7997]

Agree 'Alien :Romulus' (which I think is worth seeing) would have been better without the super-obvious callbacks. However, I am glad the industry, and R-rated sci-fi movies in general, are having a decent summer.

[@cameronscott7304]

4:29 Well said.

[@KadeemG61]

$41.5 Million. That’s the second best opening weekend for an Alien movie behind Prometheus at $51 Million (which is a good movie but overrated at best). I enjoyed Romulus. Finally we get a good Alien movie, something Fox swung and a miss after years of not knowing what to do with the franchise.

[@EzeICE]

Bishop takes Rook. If you know, you know 😅😅😅😅

[@ghostwolf1435]

Oop You should have prefaced the video with a *Spoiler *Tag for Alien Romulus I had purchased a ticket for Saturday but wasn’t able to go until later tonight 👍

[@jadapandy]

Liked it a lot, but didn't love it. Only glad it's doing well in order to hopefully tentpole it's way for a bigger and better sequel. Bring back Cameron's space Marines and borrow lightly from Dark Horse's Alien vs Predator, giving us what both sides of the fan aisles want - large scale military battles in open space, then ending with close quarters horror aspects once inside the spaceships. Create characters that we CARE for, that withstands the test of time like first two films.

[@ElenaChristinne]

Coraline is a bit creepy, we loved it. You need to watch it!!! Please do. It"s not a kiddie movie.

[@kiaadams104]

I like the movie well enough. Nice tension, nice pacing. The ending was bad and deflating. The characters outside of the andriod were one dimensional and stupid. The pregnant character was annoying and useless to the overall plot. The Bjorn guy who was angry died in the most unimaginative way and possibly had more potential had he lived longer. Andy was interesting. I loved his character arch. Much like Micheal Fassbender's synthetic, he was the standout character and outshined any of his human counterparts.

[@dabakrada5077]

I have not seen Romulus yet. I think I will like it. But I have a feeling Prometheus is still going to be somewhere in my top 5 with the Sigourney Weaver films.

[@TranquilAshes]

The purest/ageist in you is killing the vibe of the success of the movie. Alien had an advantage of well known actors which is why you're do endeared to those characters.

[@mr.jack0039]

that so not true. most people even younger viewers are not familiar with rest of the crew of Nostromo. it's just quality writing, character actors, wonderful dynamic between them make all the difference. Romulus has none of it. truth be told Aliens strongest of the sequels have it very little as well.

[@hallowedground4101]

Wow, a lot of spoilers to a movie I haven't seen yet, in a box office round up. Annoying

[@KainedbutAble123]

Maybe wait until you’ve seen the movie before you watch all the KZbin vids about it?

[@hallowedground4101]

@@KainedbutAble123 This is a box office news show, not a review of individual movies. There's no point watching it a week late. I never go to movies opening week, they are too crowded. I hate strangers and cannot sit adjacent to other humans. I finally saw Deadpool & Wolverine last night. I love movies, but hate spoilers, and really don't enjoy the cinema experience. As it was I had to move seats because a woman a few seats away kept using her phone and I found the light distracting. I had ADHD so I'm very easily distracted

[@oruffryder]

To me Prometheus is a masterpiece.

[@leifstrong]

If you could watch Alien Rom. With no dialog.. gasps and score crashes all ok .. no dialog.. it would be great.

[@jadapandy]

Movie studios need to expand their portfolio. How about instead of yet ANOTHER LOTR movie or TV show, how about a Joe Abercrombie adapted film?! Malazan film? The huge list goes on and on...

[@jules-yi8rn]

Disney finally figured out what to do with the Fox content, it seems. Hopefully they won't over-saturate it, but they're (Hopefully) learning from mistakes.

[@Eggplantman21]

Yeah Tv is a bit oversaturated at the moment. Apart from The Penguin series, Industry on HBO reminded me a bit of Succesion. The Pilot is fantastic and the rest of the show is here and there. Do reccomend but you'll maybe lean towards going back to Succesion then. Season 3 I think is on its 2nd episode as of today.

[@carig121]

Saw it, it's reasonably good, but there's way too much fan service in it. Every five to ten minutes you have a scene, a dialogue or a visual reminding you the other movies of the franchise, killing the immersion a little bit.

[@robertzenniful]

I disagree when it comes to smart people in the original alien ,Captain Dallas should have known better then let an unknown organism in the ship

[@enriquecabada8841]

i realy liked romulus the the effects and cinematography were great except for the ash stuff that was a mistake ,it looked great but you are right the character development was not on par with the first couple of films i just didn't care about the characters. that's its major flaw for me i liked how they leaned into the acid stuff a lot its my favorite gag from the films its gotten bits and pieces here and there but never realy explored, in romulus it was my favorite gag in the film, i would rank it in 4th place behind first 3 films i just care more about those characters, romulus characters remind me a bit about don't breathe's just dumb older teens breaking into something that they are way out of their league and not prepared for good time but not better then first 3. personally i kind of liked fede alvarez remake of evil dead more, once again i cared more about those characters but i did enjoy the movie

[@sangaman2007]

James, can you please keep your box office recap to just that, and not a review of the #1 movie Alien Romulus. Your opinions about everything you didn't like and quoting direct lines from the movie are crossing lines into spoiler review territory. Thus, spoiling the movie for viewers like myself who have yet to see the movie but is eager to hear about how well it did at the box office. Many thanks!!

[@divineglitch9550]

sumfin in da fookin wotah

[@ziggy8253]

What nitpickers and some outraged fans think about ‘Alien: Romulus’ doesn’t matter, because the movie is a winner! It’s a box office hit! It made a significant profit. It made history. It’s in the books, folks. Bwahahahaha! 😂 Go ‘Alien: Romulus,’ go! 👏🏼

[@SeekingGodsWill]

Rain Carradine. Long may she reign.

[@jmil843]

Have you watched Shogun? Best show of the year imo

[@bariswheel]

Heyday of movies 2019? Hardly sir. Yeah more like 90s and 2000s were the heydays

[@caterpillar1936]

English accents do exist. There are real people alive that say wa'er. Should they just not be in movies? Lol

[@adriandenton6637]

Nobody talks like that, even in the UK, except Dick Van Dyk in Mary Poppins

[@caterpillar1936]

@@adriandenton6637 Ok. I'm aussie so idk. All I see is Americans complaining about a bri-ish accent lol

[@adriandenton6637]

@@caterpillar1936 It's East London cockney 'knees up mother brown' x 100

[@caterpillar1936]

@@adriandenton6637 idk the actor's accent seems similar in interviews

[@Fiorwestcoast]

When the bells and whistles wear off and the casual alien fans lose interest. The massive plot holes will come forward and people will see Romulus has probably the biggest issues in the series

[@gorantamburic2000]

I only liked Dune this year

[@joniboi8620]

Stop nitpicking with this Rook character. Since Alien Resurrection all movies have been trash. Romulus brought back the horror and tension the Alien Franchise deserves......... one mistake will not knock the fact Romulus is the 3rd best movie....... deal with it.

[@b.a.carroll2111]

When a movie is terrible people are pretty quick to get over it. When a movie is almost good except for three easily fixed reasons, it tends to cause a bit of fixation.

[@91lifetime23]

Just to make it clear Alien vs Predator and the sequel Requiem are not cannon to the Alien timeline, only Alien films are in the Alien cannon

[@NewAgeGigolo]

HAHAH!!!!!! LOLOL!!! James said, "Disney can now produce adult content without damaging their 'family' brand"...James! Disney is destroying their family image ON THEIR OWN!!!

[@32roho]

Why are you showing scenes from the Romulus movie? Either people saw it and know what you are talking about or they haven’t seen it and you are spoiling the experience. I wanted to watch this video because it was box office report not a movie review that is showing what happens in the movie.

[@maxheard6459]

I’m almost 100% sure that every clip he showed was just from the trailer

[@TruDis01]

MeeeeeOW.... Saucer of milk for table 2 _stat_

[@32roho]

@@TruDis01 lol

[@EzeICE]

​@TruDis01😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@onemancinema4642]

Finally some gawddamned common sense. Nobody is gonna tell me that Ridley Scott and other FOX executives didn't rain down ideas and input to force Alvarez into these useless callbacks. Bringing Ian Holm back as a CGI monster didn't serve any purpose but to not alienate the older audience when your target market is Gen Z. The young people are like..."Who is that?". The older crowd is.." It's Ash from the first movie." Oh wait...it's not! It's Rook? So if it's not Ash...why bring back Ian Holm's likeness? I'll stop there.

[@oncearoundsaturn2511]

First half hour of this movie, I thought, at last we have a worthy addition to the franchise… But then they introduced Bjorn; the first indication this was about to turn to sh*t. And once the action kicked off, it really fell off a cliff. Literally every scene was either a wink to the audience or it was a character making a dumb ass decision. I hated it. HATED IT!!

[@acbc3811]

The characters in 1979 were so smart and "adult" that they brought a facehugger on board, and they all get killed by Xenomorph.... Huh. There goes that argument. The 1979 is a great movie...... In 1979. It is now 2024, and if you watch it today, it is quite goofy looking. Siguorney Weaver was the Tom Brady of that movie. Without her, you just have another mediocre alien movie. Truth hurts.

[@liferealgood]

Alien: Romulus is probably on pace for $200m. That’s not bad for a flick without Sigourney Weaver but I do agree that the first movie wasn’t filled with just pros because they obviously failed the quarantine.

[@SeekingGodsWill]

@@liferealgood You guys sound like you haven't watched the movie. Ash Let Kane on board, because it was best for the company. Ripley directly presses Ash on the issue at around 40 minutes into the movie. The only death that pissed me off was Brett because they 5 minutes before were told to stay together. And Ripley tell Brett to go off by himself to find Jonesy. Weird.... Weird... Ripley was incredible I agree. But the first 20 minuets alone with the space stuff and seeing the Space Jockey and all that. And having and AI onboard the ship.... Thats genius stuff that was completely original. In Summation Alien 1 is incredible Sci fi that has been made classic by the addition of Sigourney Weavers Ellen Ripley.

[@liferealgood]

@@SeekingGodsWill I did watch the movie and the captain (Dallas I think was his name) demanded to be let on board. He was outside with Kane. He should know better. Even if Ash opened the door he should’ve never risked the well-being of the crew for the sake of one person.

[@SeekingGodsWill]

@@liferealgood That is always a tough call. You saw how close the crew of the Nostromo was. Seems they had worked together for years. While I understand your cold and calculated and logical approach. It sure would be a hard decision. I also think in the moment you would hope you could save the person with proper technology/tools. The point is even if Dallas had said "let us die out here" "Do not open the door" Ash was going to open it either way. Horrifying, I know.

[@mr.jack0039]

They are smart and "adult" in believable way. with all their valors and vices. Romulus doesnt have that. Smart writing doesnt mean character doesnt do stupid things. it just need to be believable.

[@analogecstasy4654]

Worst movie of the year. If you think this is a great movie you need to see a LOT more movies. I absolutely HATED it. Makes Prometheus and Covenant look like MASTERPIECES by comparison. Saying this movie is as good as Alien or Aliens should be ILLEGAL!!! Those movies are in an utterly different league. This was like a movie directed by an eleven year old. I will never, ever watch this garbage again.