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Release dates for
 Alien (1979) More at IMDbPro »

CountryDate
USA 25 May 1979
Soviet Union 28 May 1979
Japan 21 July 1979
Brazil 20 August 1979
Puerto Rico 30 August 1979
UK 1 September 1979 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
UK 6 September 1979 (London) (premiere)
France 12 September 1979
Belgium 13 September 1979
Colombia 13 September 1979
Spain 25 September 1979
South Africa 3 October 1979
Denmark 12 October 1979
Ireland 12 October 1979
Portugal 21 October 1979
Italy 25 October 1979
Netherlands 25 October 1979
West Germany 25 October 1979
Austria 26 October 1979
Finland 26 October 1979
Philippines 31 October 1979 (Davao)
Singapore 31 October 1979
UK 1 November 1979
Israel 2 November 1979
Sweden 2 November 1979
Cyprus 5 November 1979
Greece 5 November 1979
Norway 13 November 1979
Hong Kong 14 November 1979
Malaysia 15 November 1979
Mexico 21 November 1979
Australia 6 December 1979
India 6 December 1979
Argentina 25 December 1979
Chile 25 December 1979
Poland 1980
Bolivia 1 January 1980
New Zealand 24 January 1980
Peru 24 January 1980
Jamaica 6 February 1980
Taiwan 16 February 1980
Egypt 10 March 1980
South Africa 10 March 1980
Uruguay 28 March 1980
Venezuela 28 March 1980
Hungary 15 January 1981
India 30 January 1981
Turkey November 1981
Czechoslovakia 1 July 1982
Thailand 28 August 1982
South Korea 1 October 1987
Canada 6 September 2003 (Toronto International Film Festival) (director's cut)
France 13 September 2003 (Deauville Film Festival) (director's cut)
USA 9 October 2003 (Austin Film Festival) (director's cut)
Ireland 17 October 2003 (Cork International Film Festival) (director's cut)
Belgium 22 October 2003 (director's cut)
Germany 23 October 2003 (director's cut)
Netherlands 23 October 2003 (director's cut)
Mexico 24 October 2003 (director's cut)
Puerto Rico 24 October 2003 (Director's cut)
Spain 24 October 2003 (director's cut)
Ireland 25 October 2003 (Dublin Horrorthon Film Festival) (director's cut)
Norway 29 October 2003 (director's cut)
USA 29 October 2003 (director's cut)
UK 31 October 2003 (director's cut)
France 12 November 2003 (director's cut)
Australia 13 November 2003 (director's cut)
Sweden 13 November 2003 (director's cut)
Italy 14 November 2003 (director's cut)
Poland 14 November 2003 (director's cut)
Brazil 19 December 2003 (director's cut)
Japan 31 January 2004 (director's cut)
Argentina 5 February 2004 (director's cut)
Canada 4 February 2011 (Digital Film Festival)

Also Known As (AKA)
Alien - El octavo pasajero Argentina / International (Spanish title) / Mexico / Peru
Alien Japan (English title) / Sweden
Alien, el octavo pasajero Spain (imdb display title) / Uruguay
Alien: Osmi putnik Croatia (imdb display title) / Yugoslavia (imdb display title) (Croatian title)
Пришълецът Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
Чужoй Russia
A nyolcadik utas: a Halál Hungary
Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt West Germany
Alien - Den 8. passager Denmark
Alien - Director's Cut Germany (director's cut)
Alien - Kahdeksas matkustaja Finland (imdb display title)
Alien - Le huitième passager France
Alien - O 8.º Passageiro Portugal
Alien - den 8. passageraren Finland (imdb display title) (Swedish title)
Alien den åttonde passageraren Sweden
Alien, de achtste passagier Belgium (imdb display title) (Flemish title)
Alien, el octavo pasajero: El montaje del director Spain (director's cut)
Alien, o Oitavo Passageiro Brazil
Alien, o epivatis tou diastimatos Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Alien: Den åttende passasjer Norway
Alien: The Director's Cut USA (director's cut)
Ha-Nose'a HaShmini Israel (Hebrew title)
L'étranger: le huitième passager Canada (French title)
Obcy - 8. pasazer Nostromo Poland (imdb display title)
Osmi potnik Slovenia (imdb display title)
Osmi putnik Yugoslavia (Serbian title)
Star Beast USA (working title)
Tuđin Serbia
Tulnukas Estonia (promotional title)
Vetrelec Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
Votrelec Czechoslovakia (Slovak title)
Yaratik Turkey (Turkish title)

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