Fox’s (FOXA) “Alita: Battle Angel” won the Presidents Day holiday corridor with just $43M, including $34.3M for the four-day weekend proper after opening on Thursday. The film earned $56M from 86 foreign markets over the weekend for an early offshore total of $94.3M and about $137.3M globally through Monday. The movie earned an A- CinemaScore and sports a 60% Rotten Tomatoes score. With the Disney (DIS)-21st Century Fox merger about to close, Alita is likely the final release from the latter as a stand-alone studio. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: AT&T (T) subsidiary Warner Bros’ “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” fell to number two, with an estimated four-day gross of $27.3M for a domestic total of $68.8M. Behind it was Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount’s “Isn’t it Romantic,” earning $16.6M in its debut weekend. Another Paramount tittle, “What Men Want,” placed number four with $12.7M for a domestic cume of $37.6M. Rounding out the top five, Comcast (CMCSA; CMCSK) subsidiary Universal’s “Happy Death Day 2U” earned an estimated $11M over the four-day holiday frame for a six-day launch of $14.7M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Lionsgate’s (LGF.A) and Sony (SNE).
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