Comparatively, the production budgets for an Alien film are always wild next to your typical horror release.
I really hope it does well enough to warrant future Alien films adhering to theater releases. It'll be a sad, cold day in hell when we no longer see the new entries of this franchise on the big screen.
AND, I hope Romulus does well enough that it either lights a fire under Ridley's ass to finish the prequels, or if he's not the one deciding to hold back on finishing the story, to change whoever's mind over at Disney that's preventing him from finishing them.
I mean, we're also no stranger to long gaps of time between films, and the powers that be may just think now isn't the correct time to finish them, but Scott is 86 😭