{"id":250553,"date":"2025-11-08T03:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250553\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T03:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:47:09","slug":"badlands-stalks-4-8m-in-previews-at-the-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250553\/","title":{"rendered":"Badlands stalks $4.8M in previews at the box office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Trachtenberg\u2019s Predator: Badlands<\/a> is off to a killer start at cinemas, earning $4.8 million in previews across Wednesday fan screenings and Thursday night\u00a0showings. The launch number is lower than Alien: Romulus\u2019s $6.5 million, but it\u2019s worth noting that Romulus was a franchise reboot while Badlands is a sequel to 2022\u2019s Prey, which made its debut on digital services during the COVID pandemic. Romulus took home a $42 million domestic launch, but the film was also rated R, which people expect from these types of sci-fi thrill rides. Notably, Predator: Badlands is rated PG-13, which could ultimately impact the film\u2019s box office performance.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Predator: Badlands<\/a> is already performing better than the last theatrical Predator film, The Predator, which did $2.5 million in Thursday previews back in September 2018. The Predator eventually posted a $10.3 million Friday total, leading to a $24.6 million weekend total. Predator: Badlands reportedly cost $105 million before marketing. Trachtenberg shot Badlands in New Zealand with the assistance of tax credits.<\/p>\n

The official<\/a> synopsis tells us the film is\u00a0set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The film is produced by John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, and Brent O\u2019Connor. Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi plays the lead Predator.<\/p>\n

JoBlo\u2019s Chris Bumbray reviewed<\/a> Predator: Badlands for the site, saying it\u2019s \u201csuper fun, but also VERY PG-13 and tame.\u201d According to Chris, \u201cWhether or not you enjoy\u00a0Predator: Badlands really depends on how tied you are to the OG franchise \u2014 which, I\u2019ll admit, is inconsistent at best. Given how limited the audience has been for pretty much every\u00a0Predator movie that didn\u2019t star Arnold Schwarzenegger, I get them trying something new. I was able to go with it and had a blast. It\u2019s a new direction for the franchise, and while it\u2019s certainly different, it\u2019s not bad either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the film\u2019s rating, I still want to see Predator: Badlands. How about you? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Trachtenberg\u2019s Predator: Badlands is off to a killer start at cinemas, earning $4.8 million in previews across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7214,102294,96,12663,2839,42603,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-250553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-box-office","9":"tag-dan-trachtenberg","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-horror","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-predator-badlands","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}