Box Office Round Up - 02-18-2019
Crisis averted, people. Well, sort of. After tracking suggested Alita: Battle Angel was on its way to becoming the first major box office bomb of 2019, the high-budget manga adaptation did at least do enough to win the weekend and get on the path to at least breaking even, particularly when international audiences get a crack at it. Rosa Salazar stars in the partially CGI role of Alita, a cyborg in the year 2563 that must navigate the junkyard metropolis of
Iron City on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Critics have found it muddled, but at least Mahershala Ali is great as always.
Coming in in third is the satirical rom-com Isnt it Romantic, featuring Rebel Wilson in the lead role of a woman who becomes aware that shes trapped in a movie and must escape every film cliche in order to find love. Critics have been mixed, but it does join a very select group of major studio films to feature a plus-size woman in the lead romantic role. Were all about representation here at Who Reps!
Slotting in at a disappointing fifth is the dark comedy slasher sequel, Happy Death Day 2U. Just 18 months after the original Happy Death Day was a surprise hit with critics and audiences alike, there was reason to believe the magic could continue for a series thats essentially a hybrid of Groundhog Day and Scream. Apparently not.
Next week, the final installment in the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy hits theaters in North America, after already becoming a bonafide hit in Australia. Cant wait!
1. Alita: Battle Angel ($28.2 MM)
Director: Robert Rodriguez (WME)
Writers: James Cameron (CAA), Laeta Kalogridis (WME)
Cast: Rosa Salazar (Paradigm)
Christoph Waltz (ICM Partners)
Jennifer Connelly (CAA)
2. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part ($34.4 MM)
Director: Mike Mitchell (UTA)
Writers: Phil Lord (UTA), Christopher Miller (Verve)
Cast: Chris Pratt (UTA | Rise Management)
Elizabeth Banks (UTA | Untitled)
Will Arnett (WME | Artists First)
3. Isnt It Romantic ($14.3 MM)
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson (WME | 3 Arts)
Writer: Erin Cardillo (UTA), Dana Fox (UTA), Katie Silberman (UTA)
Cast: Rebel Wilson (WME)
Liam Hemsworth (WME | Fourward)
Adam DeVine (WME)
4. What Men Want ($10.7 MM)
Director: Adam Shankman (UTA)
Writer: Tina Gordon (ICM Partners)
Cast: Taraji P. Henson (UTA)
Tracy Morgan (CAA)
Aldis Hodge (Paradigm)
5. Happy Death Day 2U ($9.5 MM)
Director: Christopher Landon (WME | Mosaic)
Writer: Christopher Landon
Cast: Jessica Rothe (WME | Management 360)
Israel Broussard (UTA | Underground)
Suraj Sharma (CAA)
↧