Battle Angel 'Overseas – Variety

Hollywood films such as "Alita: Battle Angel" and "How to Train Her Dragon: The Hidden World" do respectable business overseas, but they do not stand up to foreign titles at the international box office.

The Chinese New Year introduces huge business in the Middle Kingdom. The Chinese science fiction "The Wandering Earth" mobilized $ 96.6 million from three territories, bringing its international total to $ 606.8 million. Another mainland film, "Crazy Alien", made a total profit of $ 28 million abroad, for a total of $ 28 million.

Fox's "Alita: Battle Angel" directed Hollywood-based films and generated $ 56 million from its launch on 86 foreign markets this weekend. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron, the science fiction adventure has now brought in $ 94 million internationally. The film had the best opening in Russia, where it raised $ 6.5 million. "Alita" also had a significant start in Mexico ($ 4.2 million), Australia ($ 2.9 million) and Thailand ($ 2.5 million).

"Alita: Battle Angel" dominated the national box office with its debut with $ 33 million over the long weekend of President's Day, but the battle will be hard for the $ 170 million film to reach its profitability. Since the film is based on a popular Japanese manga title, the studio predicts outperformance of Asian markets. It will be launched in China and Japan next weekend.

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Among the delays, the third installment in Universal's "How to Train Your Dragon" series earned $ 21 million this weekend in 49 foreign territories. This brings her foreign bonus to $ 172 million. He is coming out to North America next weekend. "How to Train Your Dragon 3" started this weekend in Poland with $ 1.9 million and in Ecuador with $ 600,000.

At the same time, Warner Bros. "The Lego 2 film: The second part" added an additional $ 12.1 million from 69 international markets for overseas transportation of $ 34.7 million. The animated suite is nearing the $ 100 million mark worldwide, with ticket sales currently totaling $ 97.7 million. Its main markets are the United Kingdom ($ 3.1 million), Mexico ($ 1.5 million) and Russia ($ 792,000).