Predator: Badlands Takes the Trophy of First Place at the Weekend Box Office

Predator: Badlands was top of the box office in its debut weekend with an estimated $40 million domestically. It earned the same amount internationally for a worldwide debut of $80 million. It’s a petty solid opening for the nearly 40 year old franchise.

• Predator (1987) – $12 million domestic opening, $59.7 million domestic, $98.3 million worldwide
• Predator 2 (1990) – $8.8 million domestic opening, $30.7 million domestic, $57.1 million worldwide
• Alien vs. Predator (2004) – $38.3 million domestic opening, $80.3 million domestic, $177.4 million worldwide
• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) – $10.1 million domestic opening, $41.8 million domestic, $130.3 million worldwide
• Predators (2010) – $24.8 million domestic opening, $52 million domestic, $127.2 million worldwide
• The Predator (2018) – $24.6 million domestic opening, $51 million domestic, $160.5 million worldwide

Now, the question is how much the film has as far as legs to see if it can top previous worldwide grosses.

Regretting You held on to second place with $7.1 million domestically to lift that total to $38.6 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $19.1 million of the week to bring that to $32.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed just under $71 million.

Black Phone 2 dropped to third place from first last weekend with $5.3 million. Domestically, the movie has grossed $70.1 million since its debut. Over the week, it grossed $7 million to bring its international total to $50.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $120.4 million.

Sarah’s Oil debuted in fourth place with $4.5 million domestically.

Nuremberg debuted in fifth place with $4.1 million domestically.

In other comic related movies…

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc dropped to sixth place. It added $3.6 million to its domestic total which is now $38 million. Over the week, it grossed $11.8 million internationally and now stands at $120 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $158 million.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle grossed $275,000 domestically over the weekend and now its total is at $133.5 million. Internationally, the movie has grossed $457.8 million. Its worldwide gross is at $591.4 million.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps remained at $274.3 million domestically. Internationally, it has grossed $247.6 million. Worldwide, the movie is at $521.9 million.

Initial numbers has 33 movies grossing $81,368,814 from 32,910 theaters for an average of $2,472.47. That compared to last week’s 70 movies grossing $57,345,639 from 44,146 theaters for an average of $1,299.

Source: Graphic Policy