‘Predator: Badlands’ box office drops 68% in weekend 2 after No. 1 opening

Last weekend’s number 1 hit Predator: Badlandstakes a huge dive at the box office in its second weekend with a 68% drop in domestic ticket sales.

The ninth film in the Predator film franchise – of which there are two Alien vs. Predator movies — Predator: Badlands earned $40 million from 3,725 North American theaters during its opening weekend of November 7–9.

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Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (Prey and the animated one Predator: killer of killers), Predator: Badlands follows the fate of Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) – an exiled member of a Predator clan on the planet Yautja Prime – who becomes allies with the badly damaged synthetic Thia (Elle Fanning) on ​​the remote planet Genna.

While hunting Genna for a gigantic creature of the Kalisk species, Dek and Thia come into conflict with Thia’s synthetic ‘sister’, Tessa (also Fanning), of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, who has his own plans for the beast.

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While Predator: Badlands set a record for the biggest box office opening for one Predator film in the franchise’s history – before inflation – with a $40 million opening at the domestic box office, the film’s ticket sales took a huge dive in the film’s second weekend.

According to weekend estimates reported on Sunday by The numbers, Predator: Badlands earned just $13 million from 3,725 North American theaters in its second weekend of November 14-16, marking a 68% drop from opening weekend ticket sales.

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As such, the 20th Century Studios release fell to No. 3 at the domestic box office. Predator: Badlands has earned $66.3 million domestically and $70 million in international ticket sales to date, for a worldwide box office of $136.3 million.

The numbers reported that Predator: Badlands had a production budget of $105 million, excluding prints and advertising costs.

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At number 2 is Paramount Pictures’ The running man – the second big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name – which grossed $17 million in its opening weekend from 3,534 theaters.

Starring Glen Powell as Ben Richards – first played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1987 film version – The running man box office lagged behind Deadline pre-release projection of an opening of over $20 million.

The running man the estimated yield is also on the low side of BoxOffice Pros projection for the film heading into the weekend, which opened to somewhere between $15 million and $25 million domestically.

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It then comes in at number 4 in its own country Predator: Badlands was the romantic drama from Paramount Pictures Sorry for youwhich earned $5 million from 2,709 North American theaters, bringing its domestic total to $45.9 million.

The horror thriller from Universal Pictures Black phone 2 rounded out the domestic top five with an estimated $2.6 million in ticket sales at 2,419 locations. Black phone 2 has earned $74.6 million domestically to date.

The final figures for this weekend’s box office will be announced on Monday.

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