Alita: Battle Angel tops weekend box office while Bohemian Rhapsody takes in $53m
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.
Bohemian Rhapsody dipped out of the top ten movies, coming in eleventh nationally with $319,831 on 174 screens. To date, the award winning story of Freddie Mercury has grossed $53,052,250 since its November release.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alita: Battle Angel (Fox) | $3,783,008 | 453 | $4,145,918 |
| What Men Want (Paramount) | $1,882,850 | 257 | $2,285,107 |
| Green Book (Eone) | $885,654 | 293 | $7,486,355 |
| Escape Room (Sony) | $760,486 | 200 | $2,462,777 |
| The Mule (Wb) | $727,343 | 306 | $7,617,101 |
| Happy Death Day 2u (Universal) | $627,576 | 220 | $627,576 |
| On The Basis Of Sex (Eone) | $457,608 | 227 | $1,682,362 |
| Cold Pursuit (Studiocanal) | $452,407 | 238 | $1,844,595 |
| Gully Boy (Forum Films) | $438,862 | 51 | $438,862 |
| The Wandering Earth (Cmc Pictures) | $324,232 | 30 | $1,066,716 |
| Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox) | $319,831 | 174 | $53,052,250 |
| Instant Family (Paramount) | $269,927 | 164 | $12,410,408 |
| Glass (Disney) | $221,563 | 151 | $9,827,822 |
| How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Universal) | $212,614 | 169 | $22,373,398 |
| The Favourite (Fox) | $195,406 | 102 | $4,998,278 |
| Star Is Born, A (Wb) | $178,502 | 104 | $35,831,743 |
| Mary Poppins Returns (Disney) | $162,468 | 112 | $19,448,724 |
| Kala Shah Kala (Zee Studios) | $152,238 | 25 | $152,238 |
| Aquaman (Wb) | $139,078 | 111 | $41,558,710 |
| If Beale Street Could Talk (Eone) | $136,787 | 67 | $148,197 |
