From "The Alien Legacy" box set.

In 1979, we discovered in space no one can hear you scream. In 1992, we will discover, on Earth, EVERYONE can hear you scream.
In 1979 it came from within. In 1986 it was gone forever. In 1992 our worst fears have come true. It's back.
The bitch is back
This time it's hiding in the most terrifying place of all
Our worst fears have come true. It's back!
3 times the suspense. 3 times the danger. 3 times the terror
Start running...again.


Release Date: May 22, 1992

Domestic Total Gross: $55,473,545

2016: $115,090,900


Alien 3 (stylized as ALIEN3) is a 1992 American science-fiction horror film directed by David Fincher in his directorial debut, produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill, and written by Giler, Hill and Larry Ferguson from a story by Vincent Ward. It serves as the third film installment of the Alien franchise, and takes place after the events of Aliens (1986).
The film stars Sigourney Weaver in her reprise as Ellen Ripley, surviving a crashed escape pod from the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco on a refinery planet, killing everyone aboard, but an Alien organism, on board the pod, starts killing in a mass prison; additional roles are played by Charles Dance, Charles S. Dutton and Lance Henriksen.
The film faced large-scale problems during production, including shooting without a script, with various screenwriters and directors attached. Fincher was finally cast in, after a proposed version with Vincent Ward at the helm was cancelled well into pre-production.
While underperforming at the United States box office, it earned over $100 million outside of North America. The film received polarized reviews and was regarded as inferior to the previous installments. Fincher has since disowned the film, blaming studio interference and deadlines. In 2003, a revised version of the film, known as the Assembly Cut, was released without Fincher's involvement, but received a warmer reception than the release version.