'Alien: Covenant' Will Be the Week's Top Movie
by EG
If all goes as planned, director Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller Alien: Covenant will rule the box office this weekend with a North American debut of $40 million or more.
That would be enough to topple Disney and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which has stayed atop the chart for the past two weekends.
Scott's second installment in the Alien prequel franchise, costing Fox $97 million to produce, features an ensemble cast led by Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup. In June 2012, Scott's Prometheus debuted to $51 million domestically.
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The original Alien starred Sigourney Weaver and Harry Dean Stanton.