{"id":177667,"date":"2025-12-06T03:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/177667\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T03:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:29:08","slug":"anya-taylor-joys-170-million-sci-fi-bomb-gets-speared-at-the-box-office-by-new-predator-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/177667\/","title":{"rendered":"Anya Taylor-Joy\u2019s $170 Million Sci-Fi Bomb Gets Speared at the Box Office by New \u2018Predator\u2019 Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Anya Taylor-Joy’s The Gorge has emerged as one of Apple’s biggest streaming originals.<\/p>\n

Abaca Press<\/p>\n

Having emerged as the highest-grossing installment of its franchise, Predator: Badlands<\/a> is now marching towards two major box office milestones. The acclaimed new film is on the verge of hitting the $100 million mark domestically and the $200 million mark worldwide, as it looks to put enough distance between itself and its estimated break-even point. Predator: Badlands cost a reported $105 million, which means that its $175 million running global haul isn’t quite enough to put it in the clear. That said, it’s enough to put it ahead of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga<\/a> \u2014 director George Miller<\/a>‘s epic prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road<\/a>, which emerged as one of the biggest flops of 2025.<\/p>\n

Furiosa’s failure was attributed to a general disinterest among audiences for prequel films, and compared to the underperformance of movies such as Lightyear<\/a> and Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/a>. Furiosa cost an estimated $170 million to produce, and concluded its global run with just $174 million. Although it earned excellent reviews \u2014 it holds a “certified fresh” 90% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes \u2014 it was ultimately deemed too much of a different beast as compared to the widely beloved Fury Road. Plus, audiences made it clear that just because they enjoyed Charlize Theron<\/a> in the role of Furiosa, they weren’t automatically going to embrace somebody else playing the character. In Furiosa, the titular role was played by Anya Taylor-Joy<\/a>, who remains unproven as a box office star.<\/p>\n

‘Predator: Badlands’ Has Been Embraced by Audiences<\/p>\n

Badlands is directed by Dan Trachtenberg<\/a>, who has taken the Predator franchise to great new heights, having already reasserted its cultural viability with Prey<\/a> and Predator: Killer of Killers<\/a>. The new movie is sitting at a “certified fresh” 86% score on RT, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Director Dan Trachtenberg continues to take the Predator franchise in exciting new directions with Badlands, a rollicking adventure that transforms one of cinema’s most iconic brutes into a hero worth rooting for.” On an even more encouraging note, the movie’s audience score on RT is an astounding 96%, which suggests that it’s going to be a massive hit when it debuts on the PVOD market.<\/p>\n

You can watch Predator: Badlands in theaters until then, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 5, 2025<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t107 minutes<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Trachtenberg<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison, John Thomas, Jim Thomas<\/p>\n

Producers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrent O’Connor, John Davis, Marc Toberoff, Dan Trachtenberg, Ben Rosenblatt<\/p>\n

Franchise(s)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPredator<\/p>\n

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Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi<\/p>\n

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