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Aliens began wide release in the United States and Canada on the 18th of July 1986. The film earned ten-point-one million dollars during its opening weekend from one thousand four hundred thirty-seven theaters.
James Cameron directed the film Aliens after his success with The Terminator in late 1984. His only prior directing credit before this project was Piranha II: The Spawning, a low-budget independent horror film.
Principal photography for Aliens took place on an eighteen-point-five-million-dollar budget over a seventy-five-day schedule. Fox initially estimated the cost as close to thirty-five million dollars while producer Gale Anne Hurd argued it would be closer to fifteen-point-five million.
The film received two awards at the 1987 Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects. It also garnered four other nominations including Best Original Score for James Horner and Best Art Director for Peter Lamont.
James Remar left shortly into filming after being arrested for drug possession. Michael Biehn was hired the following Friday to replace him in the role originally intended for Remar.