Weekly box office: Alita flies above the competition

Alita: Battle Angel continues winning the battle of the box office, taking $2.94 million in its second week of release on 279 screens. Best Picture Oscar-winner Green Book saw an increase of 6% in sales from the previous week, sitting in the third spot.

Here are the top 10 films at the Australian box office, February 21 to February 27.

1. Alita: Battle Angel (Fox) $2,939,397
2. What Men Want (Paramount) $1,487,557
3. Green Book (eOne) $1,414,086
4. Stan & Ollie (eOne) $1,122,165
5. The Mule (Warner Bros) $657,710
6. Escape Room (Sony) $647,756
7. On the Basis of Sex (eOne) $462,790
8. Total Dhamaal (Mindblowing) $444,025
9. Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox) $433,732
10. Happy Death Day 2U (Universal) $417,241

Source: Numero. * Estimated figures as at 12:53 PM 28/02/19. For official box-office chart, contact MPDAA