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

My box office breakdown for Sunday, August 18th.

#AlienRomulus #BoxOffice #FedeÁlvarez

[CZJames]

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

[sunshinepanda]

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

[liferealgood]

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

[brockwhiting]

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

[jmil]

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

[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.

[CB-qgyh]

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

[eduardogutierrez]

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....

[juktapose]

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

[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.

[nevskislake]

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

[bethsheetz]

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

[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. 😎🍿

[JDE]

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.

[cb]

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.

[thefrenchmanla]

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

[ziggy]

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.

[hulkhogansgianttaint]

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.

[ghostwolf]

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.