OVERALL: Draw

The US "Alien Quadrilogy" boxset has both versions of the film with an English DTS track and the best extras, including the audio commentary on both versions, a separate access to deleted and extended scenes and the "Deleted Footage Marker" feature (these features are missing on R2/R4 boxsets).

The following extras for "Aliens" from "The Alien Legacy" boxsets have not been ported to the Quadrilogy sets:
- Featurettes
- A photo gallery
- "The Alien Legacy" documentary

For audio. the Chinese release has a DTS-ES soundtrack, but only has one cut of the film and no extras.

General note :
The "Alien Evolution" documentary on disc nine of the "Alien Quadrilogy Boxset" is shortened and re-edited from the original Channel 4 broadcast (UK television) : it extends the interviews focusing on "Alien" (to cover the time), but is eliminating all interviews of "Aliens", "Alien 3", "Alien: Resurrection" and Mark Kermode (other than narration at the start of the documentary).
Special thanks for Rewind user DannyS for confirming this information.

Information on differences between the theatrical cut and special edition cut can be found at Movie-Censorship.

CUTS:

• R1 Alien Quadrilogy America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (137:02 NTSC) and the "Special Edition" version (154:15 NTSC)
• R1 Collector's Edition America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (137:02 NTSC) and the "Special Edition" version (154:15 NTSC)
• R1 Special Edition America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (154:15 NTSC)
• R1 The Alien Legacy - 20th Anniversary Edition America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (154:15 NTSC)
• R2 Special Edition France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 The Alien Legacy France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 2 Disc Special Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Alien Quadrilogy Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 The Alien Legacy Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 Alien Quadrilogy Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Collector's Edition Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 Alien Quadrilogy Japan- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (154:13 NTSC)
• R2 Ultimate Edition Japan- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (154:13 NTSC)
• R2 Alien Quadrilogy Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Collector's Edition Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:08 PAL)
• R2 The Alien Legacy Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 Collector's Edition Spain- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 2 Disc Special Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Alien Quadrilogy United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R2 The Alien Legacy United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R4 Alien Quadrilogy Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R4 Collector's Edition Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes both the Theatrical version (131:35 PAL) and the "Special Edition" version (148:05 PAL)
• R4 Special Edition Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:08 PAL)
• R4 The Alien Legacy Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (148:06 PAL)
• R6 China- Excel Media - No cuts - "Special Edition" version (154:12 NTSC)

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Comparison added by Craig on 14/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 25/06/21

UPDATE LOG:

25/01/13: Addition of "Alien Quadrilogy" boxsets (previously available in a separate entry) and overall update.
21/01/13: Addition of "The Alien Legacy" boxsets (previously available in a separate entry) and overall update.
06/08/2011: Fixed typo in the Overall.
07/10/20: Added Germany 2 disc, Germany Quad, Spain CE.
24/10/20: Added US Legacy.
25/06/21: Added Scandinavia SE, Scandinavia Legacy, updated PAL runtimes.