20th Century Fox
Alita: Battle Angel was just released in the U.S. on Valentine's Day and it topped the North American box office with $8.7 million at 3,790 locations. Given its $170 million production budget, $8.7 isn't that impressive but with last weekend's $32 million profit from 11 international territories, it's a pretty solid start for the film based on the popular Japanese manga by Yukito Kushiro.
Fox's cyberpunk action film, directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron, is expected to gross in the $37 million range during its first five days of release through February 18.
New Line's satirical comedy Isn't It Romantic placed 2nd on Valentine's Day with $4.4 million.
Taraji P. Henson's comedy What Men Want came third and made $3.2 million.
Happy Death Day 2U came fourth with $2.7 million (not bad for a $9 million production budget).
Synopsis:
Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) create a groundbreaking new heroine in Alita: Battle Angel, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment. Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she's grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.
Alita: Battle Angel is set to release in theaters on February 14.
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