The Box Office Mojo website is listing that Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s live-action film of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga, earned US$8,716,232 on its opening day in the United States on Thursday.
The film ranked #1 in the U.S. on Thursday.
The movie has already earned US$32 million in 11 territories in Asia and the United Kingdom, where it opened a week before the U.S. debut.
James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau produced the project, and Shutter Island’s Laeta Kalogridis penned a script.