Aliens (film)

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Aliens
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Cameron
Produced by	Gale Anne Hurd Gordon Carroll David Giler Walter Hill
Written by	Story: James Cameron David Giler Walter Hill Screenplay: James Cameron
Starring	Sigourney Weaver Carrie Henn Michael Biehn Lance Henriksen William Hope Paul Reiser
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle
Editing by	Ray Lovejoy
Studio	Brandywine Productions SLM Production Group
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 18, 1986
Running time	137 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18,500,000
Gross revenue	$131,060,248[1]
Preceded by	Alien
Followed by	Alien 3

Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, and Bill Paxton. A sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Aliens is set fifty-seven years after the first film and is regarded by many film critics as a benchmark for the action and science fiction genres.^[2][3] In Aliens, Weaver's character Ellen Ripley returns to the planet LV-426 where she first encountered the hostile Alien. This time she is accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines.
Aliens' action-adventure tone was in contrast to the horror motifs of the original Alien. Following the success of The Terminator (1984), which helped establish Cameron as a major action director,^[4] 20th Century Fox greenlit Aliens with a budget of approximately $18 million. It was filmed in England at Pinewood Studios, and at a decommissioned power plant.
Aliens earned $86 million in the United States box office during its 1986 theatrical release and $131 million internationally.^[5] The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver. It won in the categories of Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects.