Made with a budget of $170 million, Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel brought out the pessimist in box office prognosticators in recent weeks. Even though the film got a mostly positive early reception, there were many in Hollywood who were ready to write it off as a flop. It turns out that they were a bit off the mark, however, as while the movie's opening weekend numbers aren't exactly "impressive," the film definitely overperformed compared to expectations to take the number one spot away from Mike Mitchell's The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. Check out the full Top 10 below, and join me after for analysis!
Predictions suggested that Alita: Battle Angel might not top $25 million across its extended opening weekend - having been released on Wednesday night instead of Friday - but audiences demonstrated a lot more interest than that. The movie managed to not only top $25 million in the three day weekend alone, but it's domestic total now stands at $36 million. Again, this isn't exactly record-breaking, but few saw the ticket sales coming.
It's also important to note that the film is also continuing to do very well overseas - and while it won't be arriving in China until later this month, it has already made some serious cash abroad. We reported last Monday that Alita: Battle Angel had made $32 million during a fast start in foreign markets, and in the time since that number has nearly tripled. Thanks to those contributions, the global total for the manga adaptation has gone over the century mark and currently stands at $130.9 million. It still has a long way to go before it can be considered profitable, but right now it's not a goal that will be totally impossible to reach. The next really huge global release will be Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Captain Marvel, and that won't be hitting cinemas until early March.
For what it's worth, Alita: Battle Angel also seems to be getting a positive response from audiences - though the statistics suggesting this aren't super scientific. Cinemascore surveys were apparently not distributed at screenings, but it does at the very least hold a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.6 on IMDb. Will that lead to folks buying tickets to see it again, or influential watercooler chatter? It's hard to say right now, and the full picture won't be clear until this time next week.
It's nice that Alita: Battle Angel did better than expected, but also important to note that this was overall a pretty dismal weekend for Hollywood (to say the least, 2019 is not off to a tremendous start). According to Box Office Mojo, the collective performances of all titles currently in theaters - both new and old - resulted in the worst President's Day Weekend since 2004 (which had Peter Segal's 50 First Dates as the big draw). In recent years we have seen mid-February become a stronger and stronger release window, with massive hits like Tim Miller's Deadpool and Ryan Coogler's Black Panther absolutely crushing in their debuts, but we saw none of that heat active in 2019.
Counterbalancing the action of Alita: Battle Angel, it appeared like Todd Strauss-Schulson's Isn't It Romantic was being set up to try and get the date movie crowd, but it turned out to not have a great deal of appeal and couldn't beat out The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part in week number two. The box office stakes aren't exactly as a high as they are for the Robert Rodriguez-James Cameron collaboration, as it surely cost a small fraction of the visual effects-heavy project, but one could also imagine that there was hope that the film would do better than a little over $20 million across a five-day holiday weekend.
Of course, things could be worse, as illustrated by Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U - which, editorially speaking, is a real bummer. The first Happy Death Day was a big hit when it came out, making a global total of $125.5 million against a $4.8 million budget in October 2017, but it looks like Universal Pictures and Blumhouse made a big mistake changing up the release season for the follow-up. On top of that, given the time loop narrative one might think that it would have done a lot better if its release had been timed to Groundhog Day, which would have meant that its only real competition would have been Catherine Hardwicke's Miss Bala (which has been a box office dud and opened behind M. Night Shyamalan's Glass in its fourth weekend).
Estimates said that the sequel would make as much as $25 million during the holiday, but the final results were closer to half that. The movie has already made its $9 million budget back, and has a worldwide total of $25.3 million so far, but this is a disappointment when you think about what could have been (and the fact that it's actually a really fun film that deserves to be completed with a trilogy capper).
On the superhero beat, it's also noteworthy that two titles that have been lingering for weeks are now off of the Top 10. Both Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, and Rodney Rothman's Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and James Wan's Aquaman managed to maintain solid placement on the chart since coming out in mid-December 2018, but the slate of new releases bumped them down to eleventh and twelfth, respectively. Combined they have made $514,092,006 domestically, and that's a remarkable feat worth celebrating, and honestly kind of a nice spit in the face to anyone prognosticating the death of the comic book movie.
Coming up we have a pretty quiet weekend, with the only new wide release being Dean DeBlois' How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - the film that will end the trilogy that began nearly a full decade ago. How will it fare against the features that are already doing a nice job beating each other up? We'll find out when the dust clears seven days from now, so join me again then!
Jordan Peele is gearing up for the release of his second film Us this month, which will be full-on horror and promises to be way scarier than Get Out. The upcoming movie is about a family of four
Jordan Peele Reveals His Favorite Horror Villain — And It's
It features most of the major musical numbers from the show's score. When the Broadway production opened, a recording was released featuring several songs with the original American cast, including an edited version of "Feed the Birds" for Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins in the original American cast) on the song.
Mary Poppins Returns - Wikipedia
Needless to say that Spider-Man: Far From Home's versions of Sandman, Molten Man and Hydro-Man would be quite different than how they're usually depicted.In the comics, these are individuals who gained their special abilities by accident, whereas here, they appear to be mystical or alien personifications of the forces of nature.
Far From Home Trailer Easter Eggs Confirm Sandman, Molten Man
What Skyscraper Needs In Order To Be A Great Die Hard Movie
If you thought you knew everything there is to know about Marvel's Black Panther, think again.. Saturday Night Live revealed a deleted scene from the movie that shows T'Challa — played by Chris
Black Panther New Scene - SNL - video dailymotion
"Mass Effect" developer BioWare confirmed the upcoming release of "Mass Effect: Annihilation" -- a novel that will continue telling the story of the video game franchise. In a very brief statement, BioWare announced that fans of the franchise will be able to continue its story but in a novel form.
Doom: Annihilation - Wikipedia
Stars Keanu Reeves and Halle Berry definitely know this firsthand, as they've trained harder than ever before in order to make John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum one hell of a show for the
TV Series News - Keanu Reeves And Halle Berry Reveal Their
Pierce Brosnan Has Thoughts About Who Should Be The Next James Bond . 11 minutes ago. Several actors have played 007 over the years, with each performer bringing a different tone and style to the suave secret agent.
Halle Berry chooses next James Bond actor: 'I'd go for him
In fact, the new reports of WB looking to the current Mission: Impossible director for a Green Lantern movie may reveal more than most fans realize. RELATED: Green Lantern Corps. Writer Confirms Film is Still Coming. When you connect the dots, this potential star and director seem to make perfect sense for DC Films - and Green Lantern Hal Jordan.
Rumor: Green Lantern Corps May be Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Oscar Isaac, one of the stars of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX, has teased that the film will see plenty of scenes between Poe and Finn. One of the best character dynamics in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was between Oscar Isaac's Poe and John Boyega's Finn, with the two heroes hitting it off pretty instantly.
"Episode IX" Has Lots Of Poe-Finn Scenes - Dark Horizons
The movienews community on Reddit. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place.
'Avatar' Was Originally Supposed To Be Rated R - uproxx.com
Friends (Donald Glover, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant) have a hard time staying quiet when they hear what Kanye West is up to. #SN
Donald Glover is, not surprisingly, great at Saturday Night Live
Although there's been some push and pull between the subscription streaming service and movie theaters, Netflix is now at least joining the MPAA. This is a big deal for several reasons.
Netflix Continues Pushing Into Movie Space By Joining The
The Funny Reason Marvel Fans Are Mad About The New Venom Trailer
best worst movie streaming vostfr
uri movie streaming
movie streaming library
how safe are movie streaming sites
new movie streaming free
what we do in the shadows movie streaming
elf movie streaming netflix
does amazon have movie streaming
now and then movie streaming
movie streaming best
equalizer 2 full movie streaming
groundhog day movie streaming
movie streaming quality
is this movie streaming
kickass movie streaming
movie streaming online reddit
yes free movie streaming
movie streaming programs
chef movie streaming
who is streaming the movie it
where is the lego movie streaming
movie streaming us
online bollywood movie streaming
movie streaming zgemma
what's love got to do with it movie streaming
movie i don't know how she does it streaming
movie streaming endgame
reddit movie streaming sites 2018
movie streaming xbox 360
dragon ball super broly movie streaming
movie streaming no ads
best movie streaming sites 2018
movie streaming market share
movie streaming bollywood
who will write our history movie streaming
hd movie streaming sites
dilan 1991 full movie streaming
movie streaming app xbox one
movie streaming free websites
the worst horror movie ever made streaming
movie streaming on ps4
columbus movie streaming
movie streaming hd online
justice league movie streaming
goosebumps movie streaming
the best free movie streaming sites 2018
movie streaming services
movie streaming killer
vice movie streaming release date
streaming movie keeps freezing
movie streaming dates
top ten movie streaming sites
a goofy movie streaming
movie streaming us free
goldstone movie streaming
movie streaming finder
movie streaming apps for roku
zero dark thirty full movie streaming
where is a movie streaming
veere di wedding full movie streaming
avengers endgame full movie streaming
it movie streaming free
munafik 2 full movie streaming
one two jaga full movie streaming
will you be there korean movie streaming
overlord movie streaming
movie streaming germany
aquaman full movie streaming
movie streaming venom
what is movie streaming online
best movie streaming
best movie streaming sites
movie streaming indoxxi
movie streaming providers
what movie should i watch streaming
x deal full movie streaming
movie streaming fmovies
movie streaming industry
free movie streaming
movie streaming ps4
quality movie streaming sites
can't buy me love movie streaming
dilan full movie streaming
movie streaming deals
best free movie streaming sites uk
movie streaming github
kulari ke pantai full movie streaming
shame movie streaming
shoplifters movie streaming
how movie streaming sites work
kursk movie streaming
movie streaming directory
online free movie streaming sites
halloween movie streaming
movie streaming live
free movie streaming app for ipad
nonton si doel the movie streaming
your name movie streaming
up movie streaming
is movie streaming illegal in germany
it full movie streaming free
movie streaming uk legal
movie streaming apps xbox
captain marvel full movie streaming
how do movie streaming sites make money
disney movie streaming
good will hunting full movie streaming
zero movie streaming online
free online movie streaming australia
how much is amazon prime movie streaming
yts movie streaming
chinese movie streaming
heaven can wait movie streaming
prospect movie streaming
how much data would streaming a movie use
movie streaming box for tv
ninja movie streaming
loro movie streaming
xfinity movie streaming
online movie streaming app
movie streaming philippines
the best movie streaming service
xbox movie streaming
movie streaming high quality
danur 2 maddah full movie streaming
#Filma24 #WatchRoss #blackhistory365 #WatchJunkie #watchnerds #WatchMovies #fireworks #Seriale #watchenthusiasts #socialstreaming #getsome #watchalert #movietime #Serialemetitrashqip #watchestyle #tvroomdesign #WatchUsRise #netflixturkiye #blackqueen #Qesh #Filmametitrashqip #watchfamily #watchos4 #watchwomen #blackiflix #Filma #watchmovies #watchmvmt #watchbrandname #CASAMXhostales #filmyorumu #watchingthesunset #filmizle #birdbox #TvSeries #bff #Movies #saladetv #filmography #4thofjuly #watchtattoo #SomosTuConexi #watchswag #watchobsessed #blackking #murica #netflix #watchcrazy #moviesstreaming #independenceday #blackbusiness #blavity #slay #watchthemoonrise #watchuswork #hostales #watchful #blackenterprise #sandrabullock #fourthofjuly #putitinreverseterry #watchpornid #firecrackers #america #melaninmagic #funnytime #watchmaniac #watchblogger #watchluxus #HostalCASAMXalameda #blacksuccess #watchphoto #holiday #watchdose #blacktech #watchhill #filmlover #filmtavsiyesi #movieaddict #merica #melanin #Zgerdhiu #blacksocialmedia #FreeMovies #watchcandy #americanflag #TVSHow #watchquiz