The box office scores' Alita: Battle Angel & # 39; are imposing with China's debut of $ 62 million

The mast manufactured by James Cameron still risks becoming the first failure of the year with a big budget.

Alita: Battle Angel With a first win in China of $ 62.3 million, the best win ever on this market for 20th Century Fox.

Nevertheless, the big budget cyberpunk adventure – an exciting project for James Cameron led by Robert Rodriguez – is not out of danger financially after having cost $ 170 million net to produce before commercialization.

China's performance is certainly good news. Alita takes place 8% ahead Player Loan A, which peaked at $ 216 million in the Middle Kingdom. A team: Alita will face competition in the next few days from How to train your dragon: the hidden world so what Captain Marvel.

In North America, Alita fell 58% to $ 12 million for a national total of $ 60 million.

The international total of the film until Sunday, including China, amounts to 202.7 million dollars, or 263.4 million dollars worldwide. Fox insiders say the film must reach $ 350 million globally to break even; outside analysts have estimated this amount between $ 400 million and $ 500 million.

While ranking No. 2 in North America, Alita with a total of $ 94 million.

One of the strongest points of AlitaChina's favor lies in the involvement of Cameron, who is arguably the most revered filmmaker in the country, thanks to Avatar and the 3D reissue of Titanic ($ 145 million in 2012).

Fox does aggressive marketing Alita as "James Cameron production" in China. And last week, Cameron hosted the Chinese premiere of Alita Rosa Salazar and Christoph Waltz at the cinema, in downtown Beijing, alongside his compatriot Alita producer Jon Landau.

Imax cinemas in China reported $ 9 million, a record for the month of February.

China's previous biggest opening for a Fox press release belonged to War for the Planet of the Apes.

Family offering How to train your dragon: the hidden world Among Hollywood films, he came in second place among Hollywood films with $ 34.7 million for a total of $ 216.9 million and $ 274.9 million worldwide.