‘Predator: Badlands’ Dominates Weekend Box Office With Record Opening

Predator: Badlands claimed the weekend’s top box office position, earning $40 million domestically in its opening frame, surpassing expectations. This performance established a new franchise milestone, beating 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($38 million, unadjusted for inflation) for the series’ largest debut weekend. Regretting You secured second place with $7.1 million. The film, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel, has shown remarkable endurance with $38.5 million domestic and $70.9 million worldwide after three weeks. Black Phone 2 fell to third with $5.3 million in its third weekend. Sarah’s Oil, an uplifting story about a young Black girl discovering oil and becoming wealthy at 11, earned $4.5 million for fourth place. Nuremberg rounded out the top five with $4.1 million, featuring a psychiatrist (Rami Malek) evaluating Nazi Hermann Goring’s (Russell Crowe) fitness for prosecution. (Story URL)