Alien Covenant Box Office Worldwide Now: $228 Million

Not bad. I mean, it could be better but overall not bad. :)

Now we wait for Japan.

"The global world market place is changing…entertainment looks attractive when you read about the few films that makes these insane amount of money, but what they (investors) don't know is that they don't always do that. There's a level going about it on the business side, and that's not necessarily the box office. If it does fine in the box office, that's OK. But - it will play for years on television, reissuing DVDs…and so on, and so on. So there is an industry just in that…a lot of the revenue comes in from that over the years…The important thing to do is make it." - Ridley Scott 2012

Does this mean we'll get a sequel?? I REALLY hope so.

I stopped by the theater today to see if I could watch Covenant while I waited for my car to get worked on in the shop - but it wasn't playing at my local theater any more, sadly.

I did see it four times in theater already, though. I learned that the ticket sales guy had watched Prometheus in theater six times.

So whatever we lack in numbers we fans more than make up for in dedication.

This was an awesome movie, and to all the haters out there: You just don't understand the lonely perfection of Ridley Scott's dreams. :)

Those numbers still look awful. Covenant got the second worst box office numbers of the whole series. And for a reason. The movie is bad.

Definitely not "bad". Just not as good as it should have been because Ridley decided to change direction to appease the xeno whiners.

I don't like the Ridley who does this when criticized:

"…Because everyone said 'I missed the Alien'. I said, really? And I said, ookaaayy (rolling his eyes). So I came back on…So I thought we had better include it and try it out, so this (Covenant) is the trail run"..."I think you’re not sensible if you don’t actually take [the fans’ reaction] into account."

I liked the old Ridley who use to say things liked this when criticized:

"I don't make films for other people. I make films for me...So there's a great expression, 'f**k you very much'."

And what if Ridley Scott will not take the fan reaction (engineer whiners) into account and just develop further the David story, how would you like that? Stop whining, this has done a lot of damage to the box office already And it is no better than the chinese censorship. This franchise has the most exigent critics all of a sudden, lot of fan art, fan script, everybody can do better than Ridley Scott. And Ridley Scott just left enough to be developed in the next movies, just have a little patience.

That would be awesome. Keep going with the David and Engineer story, or give us a prequel that actually continues where Prometheus left off. The Prometheus fans are who they should have listened to.

And that would be John Logan, not Ridley. Ridley may help steer the ship, but he and Fox hire writers to actually write these stories.

Am I the only one who truly enjoyed Covenant? It was an unconventional sequel to Prometheus but I felt it was natural, especially considering now that we are getting closer to the back door of Alien. I love the Alien movies and Prometheus, idk, I thought it was pretty cool. Covenant embodied everything about the franchise so I'm not getting the hate. The crews decisions aside (which I felt was real, these people may be scientists but they're fallible people, foolishly optimistic ones at that) and the weird Lope facehugger (which I think has to do with it being a prototype which still needs modifying) I thought it was a great film. Love the David storyline, best character in the franchise by far imo. I can't wait till the Blu-ray comes out to watch the commentary lol

If Japan does well, and i think a greater % of Japanese will see the movie compared to the Chinese... but we need remember China has a larger population.

But indeed if Japan makes that kind of Money then the movie would break even i think.... i cant understand why Japan had to wait for September... the release Schedule is one of the things that Damaged this Franchise.

I think if the Movie came out in Europe and North America the Same weekend or a Week Apart with the Premier no longer than a week before USA release... Then other Markets had the movie up to a Month later i would think AC would had been past the $250M mark for certain by now maybe even pushing $300M

As for a sequel i think its on the Cards... but a lot could be changed due to reception of AC....

As far as RS goes, he has the ideas but he gets writers in to bring those to Life in a draft and also change some parts.. then RS and FOX will look what needs changing for a Shooting Script and then RS will then Put this to Screen.

He can often change things as he goes along when Shooting a Movie and so things get omitted or replaced compared to how the Final Drafts looked.  He is very Spontaneous and sometimes this can be good but sometimes bad.

'Am I the only one who truly enjoyed Covenant?' - by Lawrence of Arabia 

No, you aren't. :)

So, I guess it is looking like the box-office numbers will leave Covenant just about breaking even. Which is a little better than a lot of people were expecting (I think.)

Then, as Kethol said with that first quote, the game has changed. There is a lot of money to be made in the long run with TV, streaming, Blu-ray (and what not), etc. 

I can't be sure, but with the way this franchise has been treated so far, I am expecting a sequel to this no matter what, really, so now I can only hope that Ridley and Fox put a little bit less of an emphasis on fan reaction and just make the absolute ebest movie possible. 

cuponator3000 - I agree with you. But the absolute movie needs a lot of money. If Fox does not see that, they're blind.

"Am I the only one who truly enjoyed Covenant?"

Not by a long shot. I loved it.

Glad you liked it Kethol and really sorry you have to whine about "bug" fans wanting Ridley to tell a decent story. The general public spoke to which one can't ignore, sorry again. As Joylitt says and I agree, it's a great looking and sounding film with very bad characters and storytelling. The actors in both prequels are fine it's that Sir Ridley gives them aweful speaking and terrible decision making. I think fans will see someday that a competent director can have Xenomorphs and an intelligent plot mixed in. Maybe some actual suspense or even horror. Hoping Ridley either sees the light or hands the keys off.

I hope you realize the damage done by James Cameron with his Aliens as since then some people started to call the xenomorph a "bug". No wonder that Blomkamp was considered to continue the franchise at some point after his prawns from District 9. I am glad Ridley stepped in and even if he considered the beast is cooked he did it some justice. After all, it was feared even by engineers, only the dumb colonial marines could call it a "bug". It is hard to get past the Aliens fuck up. That should be removed from the franchise. Just watch it again, after A:C and see the difference.

Ah, so you are one of those bug whiners? :) And I loved the story.

"Sir Ridley gives them aweful speaking and terrible decision making"

I think you mean John Logan, the writer? The actors speak the lines in the script. Ridley directs the scenes in the script.

Lawrence of Arabia Cheers, mate. I am glad you enjoyed it and speak openly about it. I haven't see it yet, but by all means I trust Ridley Scott on this one. So you are not the only one, only that the critics are always louder and they seem to be many. I am not ready for the announced war of worlds if that may be the end of the franchise, I want at least two more movies from Ridley Scott and him alone.

I tried to see it again today.....would have been my 5th showing...but it was gone!

Going to really miss watching it on the BIG screen.

@Capt Torgo and @Joylitt........Are you going to buy it on DVD/Bluray?

MonsterZero It is sad to admit, but Covenant doesn't work for me even on the visual  level. It sorely lacks the "awe factor" that is fundamental for a space movie to put you in outerspace. I rewatched Danny Boyle's "Sunshine" the other night, and I found the visual aspects of that movie to be much more accomplished than those of Covenant. And I don't like how Ridley Scott has embraced the digital effects this time around: it killed the atmosphere and the soul of this film. And I am not even going to start talking about the story, all this grand guignol crossover involving David. This is not what an Alien movie is supposed to be. So no, I might not be buying the blu ray.