Alpha

2018 film directed by Albert Hughes
Movie film Q23899903
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Summary

Alpha is a film[1]. Alpha ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,809 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Albert Hughes[3]
  • Composer: Michael Stearns[4]
  • Genre: thriller film[5], adventure film[6], drama film[7], historical film[8]
  • Cast member: Kodi Smit-McPhee[9], Leonor Varela[10], Natassia Malthe[11], Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson[12], Marcin Kowalczyk[13], Jens Hultén[14], Mercedes de la Zerda[15], Spencer Bogaert[16], Morgan Freeman[17]
  • Producer: Andrew Rona[18], Albert Hughes[19]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[20]
  • Director of photography: Martin Gschlacht[21]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[22]
  • Review score: 6.5/10[23], 80%[24], 63/100[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: August 17, 2018[28], September 6, 2018[29], August 24, 2018[30], August 23, 2018[31]
  • Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing[32], InterCom[33], Netflix[34]
  • Narrative location: Europe[35]
  • Official website: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/alpha[36]
  • Filming location: Vancouver[37]
  • Main subject: Canis lupus[38]
  • Title: Alpha[39]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[41]
  • Duration: 96 minutes[42]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.39:1[43]
  • Capital cost: 51,000,000 US dollars[44]
  • Box office: 98,203,196 US dollars[45]
  • NMHH film rating: Category III[46]

Why It Matters

Alpha has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Alpha is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . cineplex.de. cineplex.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 21142381
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'fy',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dzygamdb film id → 3006
    Filmová databáze film id → 153784
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 153784, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269271|batch #269271]]"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 50486
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14571 → 405446
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 185031
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
  6. 18w ago · Casisgaal · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Director of photography → Martin Gschlacht
    Publication date → +2018-08-17T00:00:00Z, +2018-09-06T00:00:00Z, +2018-08-24T00:00:00Z +1
    Aliases → —
    + 46 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Original language of film or tv show: fictional language"
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