'Predator: Badlands' 'swallows' the box office with $80 million worldwide

Last weekend, the sci-fi-horror film 'Predator: Badlands' dominated the North American box office, earning $40 million in its first three days of release.

'Predator: Badlands' dominated the North American box office, earning $40 million in its first three days of release. Photo: nathanrabin.substack.com

This achievement not only exceeded the expectations of experts but also helped to revive the gloomy film market during the past fall.

Written and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the film is the eighth installment in the series that began in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger. 'Predator: Badlands' brings a new approach to the nearly 40-year-old franchise, set on a distant planet, where a young Predator warrior - played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi - is abandoned and then teams up with a robotics researcher (played by Elle Fanning) on ​​a journey to find honor and identity.

With a budget of up to 105 million USD, this is also the most expensive film in the Predator series to date. However, this investment initially brought positive results, when the film achieved an 85% 'tomato fresh' score on Rotten Tomatoes, received an A- CinemaScore from audiences, and earned an additional 40 million USD from international markets, bringing the total global opening revenue to 80 million USD.

In the context of the US film industry just experiencing the lowest October revenue in nearly 3 decades and a series of loss reports, with AMC Theaters alone announcing a loss of 298.2 million USD last quarter, the success of 'Predator: Badlands' is considered a rare bright spot.

With its impressive opening results, 'Predator: Badlands' not only helped audiences regain faith in the Hollywood box office, but also affirmed the enduring vitality of the Predator brand after nearly 4 decades.

According to VNA

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