The canonicity of this film and its predecessor Alien vs. Predator (2004) to both the Alien and Predator franchises has long been subject of debate, since they were made by the original studio but without the approval of the original makers. However, after the release of the Alien prequel Prometheus (2012), it has been confirmed by multiple sources (including Alien/Prometheus director Ridley Scott and AvP director Paul W.S. Anderson himself) that the AvP franchise is not considered to be an official part of the Alien universe any longer. Fox studios allowed Scott to present his own official backstory to how the Xenomorphs came to be in Prometheus and its sequel Alien: Covenant (2017), by changing the origins of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation to Peter Weyland, the founder of Weyland Industries (no relation to Charles Bishop Weyland), and that his android creation David used the black substance to (re)create the xenomorphs. This no longer makes the AvP movies official prequels to the Alien movie franchise; instead, they take place in a separate non-canon continuity (similar to how games such as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) were no longer considered canon when Disney took over the Star Wars franchise). No such statements have been issued for the Predator franchise, and since no subsequent movie is outright contradicting it, the AvP movies could still be considered as official parts of the Predator series. Although Predators (2010) purposely chose to ignore the AvP movies and The Predator (2018) doesn't explicitly reference them (they only mention events from Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990)), Alexa Woods' Xenomorph tail spear from AvP can be briefly spotted in the latter.

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