Alita: Battle Angel tops weekend box office while Bohemian Rhapsody takes in $53m

February 19, 2019 9:52

James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angle, the story of an abandoned cyborg bought back to life, topped the weekend’s box office takings on it debut.

The sci-fi movie, based on the Manga series Gunnm, took $3.783m across 453 screens nationally, beating out comedy What Men Want, which took $1.882m on 257 screens.

Green Book, the story of a black pianist and his Italian-American bodyguard touring the US Deep South in 1962, took third place with $885,654 across 293 screens, while last week’s top earner, Escape Room, appeared on 200 screens and earned $760,486.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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