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‘Predator: Badlands’ Sets Franchise Record With $40 Million Debut, Snapping Box Office Cold Streak
Predator: Badlands” is this weekend’s apex predator at the box office, collecting a better-than-expected $40 million in its domestic debut. Those ticket sales were enough to cement a franchise record,
Predator: Badlands is set far in the future to avoid messing with franchise continuity, but it also raises a few questions.
Disney/20th Century’s “Predator: Badlands” is giving theaters a bigger boost after a sluggish October than expected, earning an estimated $40 million opening weekend from 3,725 theaters and an additional $40 million overseas for an $80 million global launch.
"Predator: Badlands" is off to a huge start in the franchise's history, along with it being set to break a box office record.
Predator: Badlands' is headed to a No. 1 opening at the box office, while Jennifer Lawrence's 'Die My Love' and Sydney Sweeney's 'Christy' also debut.
Badlands keeps its Alien references to a minimum, there is one not-so-subtle nod to James Cameron's Aliens, as well as a slightly harder-to-spot Easter
"Predator: Badlands" contains a cameo that came about because of director Dan Trachtenberg's relationship with "Stranger Things" creators Matt and Ross Duffer.
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