It was the worst President’s Day Weekend in 15 years but the top five films all starred women or had women taking the lead to save the day.

Alita: Battle Angel beat expectations with an estimated $27.8 million for the three-day weekend and is expected to earn a bit over $33 million for the four-day weekend. Over five days the film will have earned around $41 million which is well ahead the $30 million expectation. Still, the film has a $170 million price tag and would need somewhere around $500-$550 million worldwide to break even.

Internationally the film debuted in 11 markets last weekend and expanded to 86 markets this weekend. There it earned $56.1 million to bring its foreign earnings to $94.3 million. It’ll release in China and Japan on February 22.

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part dropped from first to second earning an estimated $21.2 million to bring its domestic total to $62.7 million. Over the four days it’s expected to earn $27 million to bring its domestic earnings to around $70 million. Internationally it added $12 million from 69 markets to bring its global total to just shy of $98 million. It releases in France and Italy this coming week and in Australia on March 21.

Rebel Wilson’s Isn’t It Romantic opened in third place with an estimated $14.2 million over the three days and $16.5 million for the four days. That’ll but the film around $23 million over six days since it debuted on Wednesday.

In fourth place was What Men Want which earned an estimated $10.9 million over the three days and expected to earn about $12.5 million over four. That brings its domestic total shy of $38 million. The film also earned $2.2 million from six overseas markets for an international total of $2.5 million.

Rounding out the top five was Happy Death Day 2U which earned an estimated $9.8 million over three days and $11 million for the four. Since it opened on Wednesday the film should be just above $15 million over the six days. It was expected to earned a little over $20 million. Internationally the film earned $11.8 million in 41 markets. It opens in Ital and Russian on February 28 and Japan on July 12. With just a $9 million budget the film is quite fine.

In comic book films….

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped two spots from the previous weekend to come in at #11. It earned an estimated $2 million to bring its domestic total to $182.7 million after 10 weeks. With foreign earnings of $173.3 million the film has earned $356 million worldwide.

Aquaman has crossed $331 million domestically and is now the second highest grossing domestic release for a DC Extended Universe film only behind Wonder Woman’s $412.6 million. It came in at #12 for the weekend down from last weekend’s #8. The film earned $1.9 million to bring its domestic total to $331.4 million. Internationally the film has earned $799.4 million to bring its worldwide total to $1.131 billion.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s and last year’s comic adaptations.