The aliens-meet-U.S. Navy sci-fi extravaganza Battleship, which was filmed in Hawaii with local cast members and the USS Missouri, tanked at the box office over the weekend.

Instead, The Avengers — Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Ironman et al. — kicked butt, coming in first place once again.

Here’s what the Los Angeles Times had to say:

Universal Pictures’ $209-million alien invasion spectacle fizzled badly in its domestic premiere, grossing just $25.3 million and finishing a distant second to the third weekend of Disney’s “The Avengers,” according to Sunday estimates. The debut of “Battleship” — whose ticket sales were about 40% lower than some predictions — was even worse than the $30.2-million March opening of “John Carter,”one of the biggest fiascoes in Hollywood history, and the film’s audience was surprisingly old.

“I’m hugely disappointed in this opening,” said Nikki Rocco, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, who added that the film’s respectable international numbers will soften the domestic blow.