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Alien: Resurrection takes place 200 years after the events of Alien 3. Ellen Ripley has been cloned using "blood samples from Fiori 16, on ice" so that the United Systems Military can extract the alien queen embryo that was inside her from Alien 3. A rogue ship full of freelancers arrives with captured humans for the aliens to multiply on. But soon, the aliens escape and wreak terror across the ship. Ripley, who is now part alien, teams up with the freelancers to help destroy the ship before it reaches home base, Earth.
The film opened November 26, 1997.
Winona Ryder won the Blockbuster Entertainment award for her role in the film. In spite of this, the film is considered the least successful in the series, being poorly received by many fans and critics. It grossed only around $45 million at the US box office.
There was also controversy surrounding proper credit for the alien design. H.R. Giger, the artist famous for creating the original alien design, was openly displeased that the film did not give him a credit for this (which even Alien 3 had done) and sent a letter to the studio complaining.
In the 2003 Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set, Jeunet included an alternate version of the film with extended opening and closing scenes.
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