{"id":127386,"date":"2025-11-10T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/127386\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T05:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T05:36:13","slug":"badlands-hits-global-record-one-battle-after-another-nears-200-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/127386\/","title":{"rendered":"Badlands Hits Global Record, One Battle After Another Nears $200 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cPredator: Badlands<\/a>\u201d clawed its way to $80 million at the global box office, ranking as the biggest debut in the nearly 40-year-old franchise. Director Shane Black\u2019s 2018 reboot \u201cThe Predator\u201d previously held the record with $73.5 million, not adjusted for inflation. <\/p>\n

\n\tThose ticket sales include $40 million in North America and $40 million in 52 international markets. \u201cBadlands\u201d also overtook the domestic record from 2004\u2019s \u201cAlien vs. Predator\u201d with $38 million, also not adjusted for inflation. Meanwhile, this marks the franchise\u2019s second-best international start after \u201cThe Predator\u201d with $48.9 million. Top overseas markets were China with $7.4 million, the United Kingdom with $3.2 million and Mexico with $2.3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tDan Trachtenberg directed \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d which is the ninth installment in the series and the first theatrical entry since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox. That\u2019s where the franchise began, with\u00a01987\u2019s \u201cPredator,\u201d starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Trachtenberg returned after helming the two most recent \u201cPredator\u201d adventures, 2022\u2019s \u201cPrey\u201d and this June\u2019s animated \u201cPredator: Killer of Killers,\u201d both of which skipped theaters and landed directly on Hulu. This chapter cost $105 million to produce and follows an outcast alien hunter (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) and his unlikely ally (Elle Fanning), who embark on a dangerous journey to defeat a menacing adversary.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBadlands\u201d is benefiting from several factors, including solid reviews, stellar word-of-mouth and outsized interest on Imax and other pricier premium-large-format screens. And this film is rated PG-13 (most of the other \u201cPredator\u201d films are rated R), which is broadening its appeal to family crowds rather than just the target demographic of boys and men.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d is reinvigorating the box office after a dismal October. November should remain strong with \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d and \u201cZootopia 2\u201d around Thanksgiving, while December offerings like \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2,\u201d Sydney Sweeney\u2019s psychological thriller \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d and \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d should help end the year on a high. <\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere at the box office, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cOne Battle After Another<\/a>\u201d is nearing a major milestone. The comedic action thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has earned $196.8 million globally (including $127.4 million overseas) and will soon surpass the $200 million mark. That\u2019s a notable benchmark for an original, R-rated film that\u2019s nearly three hours long. It\u2019s by far the highest-grossing film of Anderson\u2019s career, overtaking the 2007 Western \u201cThere Will Be Blood,\u201d which earned $76.4 million globally. And it\u2019s likely to be a major Oscar player in the new year. However, Warner Bros. spent more than $130 million on the film, and since theater owners get to keep about 50% of ticket sales, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d is\u00a0tracking to lose $100 million in its theatrical run<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another benchmark, Sony\u2019s \u201cChainsaw Man<\/a> \u2013 the Movie: Reze Arc\u201d has surpassed $150 million worldwide. The anime adventure has grossed $158 million to date, including $121 million internationally and $38 million domestically. \u201cChainsaw Man\u201d is the second consecutive win for Sony\u2019s Crunchyroll banner following September\u2019s sleeper hit \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,\u201d which is the biggest anime film ever with $591 million globally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d clawed its way to $80 million at the global box office, ranking as the biggest debut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[54089,156,111,139,69,26870,53294,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-127386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-chainsaw-man","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-one-battle-after-another","14":"tag-predator-badlands","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}