'Alita' leads a slow Presidents Day box office weekend

The sci-fi fantasy "Alita: Battle Angel" has topped the charts in its first weekend in U.S. theaters, but it is leading one of the slowest Presidents Day weekends at the box office in years and has a ways to go to make up its costly production budget.

20th Century Fox says that the James Cameron-produced film earned an estimated $27.8 million over the weekend against a reported $170 million budget.

In second place, "The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part," fell 38 percent with $21.2 million. Warner Bros. also has the No. 3 movie with the romantic comedy "Isn't It Romantic," which debuted with $14.2 million.

Constance Wu at the Film Premiere of“Isnt it Romantic”in Los Angeles, California, United States on 12 Feb 2019. [Photo：IC]

"What Men Want" landed in fourth with $10.9 million and the sequel to "Happy Death Day" opened in fifth with $9.8 million.

(Story includes material sourced from AP)