The entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that Alita: Battle Angel — James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s live-action film of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga — earned an equivalent of US$19.8 million in China in its opening day there on Friday, with an additional US$1 million for Thursday night screenings.
Deadline projects the film will earn US$60 million in China in its first three days.
Deadline stated its sources are estimating the film will earn a final total of more than US$400 million worldwide.
The current reports on Box Office Mojo and Deadline do not include the earnings in China from Friday.