{"id":277567,"date":"2025-11-07T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277567\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:32:11","slug":"badlands-racks-up-4-8m-in-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277567\/","title":{"rendered":"Badlands’ Racks Up $4.8M In Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Dan Trachtenberg directed Predator: Badlands<\/a> speared $4.8 million in previews, which includes both Wednesday fan and Thursday night shows. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe preview number is under another sci-fi genre title Alien: Romulus\u2018 $6.5M which was another franchise reboot for the revived 20th Century Studios under new owner Disney. That Fede Alvarez directed revival went on to open to $42M stateside. But keep in mind that movie was R-rated and had a mid-August release in 2024. Also, Predator: Badlands in its female action hero sensibility is also getting comped by Disney sources to Ballerina, which did $3.8M in previews before a $24.5M opening. Badlands previews are also ahead of 2017\u2019s Blade Runner 2049 which did $3.5M before a $12.5M Friday, and 3-day of $32.7M. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlso good news for Badlands at this point in time, total previews here are ahead of The Predator which did $2.5M in Thursday previews back in September 2018. That pic posted a $10.3M Friday on its way to a $24.6M start. <\/p>\n

\n\t2004 crossover title\u00a0Alien vs. Predator\u00a0owns the franchise opening record at the domestic B.O. with $38.2M. 2010\u2019s\u00a0Predators\u00a0from director Nimr\u00f3d Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez follows as the second best U.S.\/Canada opening for the series at $24.7M.\u00a0The forecast going into the weekend for Badlands was $25M+, hopefully the second best start in the Predator franchise. <\/p>\n

\n\t1987\u2019s Predator and 1990\u2019s Predator 2 own the best CinemaScores for the Jim and John Thomas conceived series with a B+. <\/p>\n

\n\tPredator: Badlands cost before marketing $105M net, shot in New Zealand with tax credits. Trachtenberg breathed new life into the Predator movies with the direct-to-Hulu Prey which was the streamers most watched premiere ever at the time in August 2022. Critics believed the movie should have been booked in theaters, hence, here we are with Badlands. <\/p>\n

\n\tOn the Rotten Tomatoes audience scale, Badlands is currently the fan favorite of the franchise with 96% ahead of the original 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie at 87%. Prey remains the most critically acclaimed in the alien series at 94%. <\/p>\n

\n\tSony Pictures Classics and Walden Media\u2019s WWII drama Nuremberg, booked at 1,700 theaters this weekend, started off with $210K last night in previews. The James Vanderbilt directed and co-written movie stands at 71% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes from 76 reviews. <\/p>\n

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