1986 · 2h 17m · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Aliens
Directed byJames Cameron
IMDb
8.4
850K votes
Metacritic
84
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Rotten Tomatoes
93%
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Box office
$131M
7.1x its $18.5M budget
Released Jul 18, 1986 by 20th Century Studios and Brandywine Productions
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Critics (Metacritic)84
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- James Cameron
- Music
- James Horner
- Cinematography
- Adrian Biddle
- Editing
- Ray Lovejoy
- Producers
- Gale Anne Hurd
7 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1987Sigourney Weaver
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1987Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1987Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1987Ray Lovejoy
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1987James Horner
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1987Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
- WonBest Sound Editing · Academy Awards 1987Don Sharpe
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