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‘Alien' Joins Old Movie Hits Returning to Theaters Aching to Fill Empty Seats

  • Reissues of past hits are running a third higher this year
  • Domestic box-office sales are down 18% so far in 2024
Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien.Source: 20th Century Studios

Fans of the original Alien will get to see Sigourney Weaver battle a deadly extraterrestrial on big screens all over again this weekend.

The picture is being released for a limited run across the US on Friday — 45 years after its debut — in part to stoke interest in Alien: Romulus, a new installment of the franchise set for theaters in August.