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NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0\u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d\u00a0led all films in North American theaters with a debut of $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, a better-than-expected result that slightly lifted the box office from its autumn doldrums.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n On the heels of the worst box office weekend of 2025, \u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d faced little competition from new titles. Not accounting for inflation, the $40 million opening marked a new high for the dreadlocked alien franchise, besting the $38.3 million launch of 2004\u2019s \u201cAlien vs. Predator.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d written and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, collected another $40 million overseas for the Walt Disney Co.\u2019s 20th Century Studios. A key factor for \u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d is that, with a budget of $105 million, it\u2019s also the most expensive \u201cPredator\u201d film.<\/p>\n \u201cBadlands,\u201d the eighth movie in the franchise that began with 1987\u2019s \u201cPredator,\u201d offers a novel twist for the sci-fi series. On a remote planet, a young, outcast predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) encounters an android researcher (Elle Fanning), and the two set off on a journey.\u00a0Reviews\u00a0(85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) have been good. Moviegoers gave it an \u201cA-\u201d CinemaScore.<\/p>\n Good news had lately been hard to find in movie theaters. On Wednesday, AMC Theaters, the largest theater chain, posted a $298.2 million quarterly loss, partly due to a less-than-stellar summer season. But the fall has been worse. Last month was the lowest-grossing October in nearly three decades. Few awards hopefuls have made much of a mark.<\/p>\n This weekend, a new wave hit theaters. But despite plenty of star power, most fell flat.<\/p>\n \u201cDie My Love,\u201d\u00a0starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, launched with $2.8 million from 1,983 theaters. The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, stars Lawrence as a new mother and Pattinson as her husband. Mubi plunked down a reported $24 million for \u201cDie My Love\u201d after\u00a0its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Audience slammed it with a \u201cD+\u201d CinemaScore.<\/p>\n \u201cChristy,\u201d\u00a0starring Sydney Sweeney as the professional boxer Christy Martin, debuted with $1.3 million in 2,011 theaters. The film, the first one distributed by production company Black Bear Pictures, has earned Sweeney awards buzz since\u00a0its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n Sony Pictures Classics\u2019\u00a0\u201cNuremberg,\u201d\u00a0a post-World War II drama about the Nuremberg trials starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, managed to do a bit better. It opened with $4.1 million in 1,802 theaters.<\/p>\n It was slightly edged by the best performer of the newcomers: \u201cSarah\u2019s Oil.\u201d The Amazon MGM release opened with $4.5 million from 2,410 locations. It stars Naya Desir-Johnson as a young Black girl in the early 1900s who learns that her Oklahoma land allotment is rich with oil. \u201cSarah\u2019s Oil\u201d scored a rare \u201cA+\u201d CinemaScore from ticket buyers.<\/p>\n Arguably the most promising of the prospective awards movies to open in theaters over the weekend was Neon\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSentimental Value.\u201d\u00a0The film, a prize-winner at Cannes, directed by Norwegian-Danish filmmaker Joachim Trier, has been tabbed as a major Oscar contender this year. The\u00a0family drama\u2019s cast\u00a0includes Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and, in her second movie of the weekend, Elle Fanning. It opened in four theaters with $200,000, giving it a $50,000 per-screen average. That\u2019s the third best of the year.<\/p>\n The debut of \u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d sealed the Walt Disney Co.\u2019s fourth straight year of $4 billion in worldwide ticket sales. It also broke a short streak of disappointments for the studio, including \u201cTron: Ares\u201d and \u201cSpringsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.\u201d With potentially two of the biggest box-office hits of the year still to come in \u201cZootopia 2\u201d and\u00a0\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash,\u201d\u00a0Disney is poised to surpass $5 billion.<\/p>\n With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n 1. \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d $40 million<\/p>\n 2. \u201cRegretting You,\u201d $7.1 million<\/p>\n 3. \u201cBlack Phone 2,\u201d $5.3 million<\/p>\n 4. \u201cSarah’s Oil,\u201d $4.5 million<\/p>\n 5. \u201cNuremberg,\u201d $4.1 million<\/p>\n 6. \u201cChainsaw Man,\u201d $3.6 million<\/p>\n 7. \u201cBugonia,\u201d $3.5 million<\/p>\n 8. \u201cDie My Love,\u201d $2.8 million<\/p>\n 9. \u201cSpringsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,\u201d $2.2 million<\/p>\n 10. \u201cTron: Ares,\u201d $1.8 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumnews1.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0\u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d\u00a0led all films in North American theaters with a debut of $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, a better-than-expected result that slightly lifted the box office from its autumn doldrums. 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