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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Walter Hill David Giler Gordon Carroll |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Brandywine Productions is an American film production company known for its Alien film series, founded in 1969 by American filmmakers Walter Hill, David Giler, and Gordon Carroll. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Year | Title | Director | Co-producer | Notes | Budget | Gross |
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| 1969 | Women in Love | Ken Russell | Co-production with United Artists | as Brandywine Productions Ltd | $1.6 million | $4.5 million |
| 1976 | The Student Body | Gus Trikonis | ||||
| 1979 [5] [6] | Alien [7] [8] [9] | Ridley Scott [10] | Co-production with 20th Century Fox | $9–11 million | $104.9–203.6 million | |
| 1986 | Aliens [8] | James Cameron | $17–18 million | $131.1–183.3 million | ||
| 1992 | Alien 3 [8] | David Fincher | $50 million | $159.8 million | ||
| 1997 | Alien Resurrection [8] | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $70 million | $161.3 million | ||
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predator | Paul W. S. Anderson | Co-production with 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment | as Brandywine | $60 million | $172.5 million |
| 2007 | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Colin Strause and Greg Strause | $40 million | $128.8 million | ||
| 2012 | Prometheus | Ridley Scott | Co-production with 20th Century Fox and Scott Free Productions | $120–130 million | $403.4 million | |
| 2016 | She Walks | Zachary Lee Ratchford | ||||
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | Co-production with 20th Century Fox and Scott Free Productions | $97 million [11] | $240.7 million | |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus [12] | Fede Álvarez [13] | Co-production with 20th Century Studios and Scott Free Productions | $80 million [14] | ||
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