'Predator: Badlands' tops box office with $80 million worldwide

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — “Predator: Badlands” led each films successful North American theaters with a debut of $40 million, according to workplace estimates Sunday, a better-than-expected effect that somewhat lifted the container bureau from its autumn doldrums.

On the heels of the worst container bureau play of 2025, “Predator: Badlands” faced small contention from caller titles. Not accounting for inflation, the $40 cardinal opening marked a caller precocious for the dreadlocked alien franchise, besting the $38.3 cardinal motorboat of 2004’s “Alien vs. Predator.”

“Predator: Badlands,” written and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, collected different $40 cardinal overseas for the Walt Disney Co.’s 20th Century Studios. A cardinal origin for “Predator: Badlands” is that, with a fund of $105 million, it’s besides the astir costly “Predator” film.

“Badlands,” the eighth movie successful the franchise that began with 1987’s “Predator,” offers a caller twist for the sci-fi series. On a distant planet, a young, outcast predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) encounters an android researcher (Elle Fanning), and the 2 acceptable disconnected connected a journey. Reviews (85% caller connected Rotten Tomatoes) person been good. Moviegoers gave it an “A-” CinemaScore.

Good quality had lately been hard to find successful movie theaters. On Wednesday, AMC Theaters, the largest theatre chain, posted a $298.2 cardinal quarterly loss, partially owed to a less-than-stellar summertime season. But the autumn has been worse. Last period was the lowest-grossing October successful astir 3 decades. Few awards hopefuls person made overmuch of a mark.

This weekend, a caller question deed theaters. But contempt plentifulness of prima power, astir fell flat.

“Die My Love,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, launched with $2.8 cardinal from 1,983 theaters. The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, stars Lawrence arsenic a caller parent and Pattinson arsenic her husband. Mubi plunked down a reported $24 cardinal for “Die My Love” aft its debut astatine the Cannes Film Festival. Audience slammed it with a “D+” CinemaScore.

“Christy,” starring Sydney Sweeney arsenic the nonrecreational boxer Christy Martin, debuted with $1.3 cardinal successful 2,011 theaters. The film, the archetypal 1 distributed by accumulation institution Black Bear Pictures, has earned Sweeney awards buzz since its premiere astatine the Toronto International Film Festival.

Sony Pictures Classics’ “Nuremberg,” a post-World War II play astir the Nuremberg trials starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, managed to bash a spot better. It opened with $4.1 cardinal successful 1,802 theaters.

It was somewhat edged by the champion performer of the newcomers: “Sarah’s Oil.” The Amazon MGM merchandise opened with $4.5 cardinal from 2,410 locations. It stars Naya Desir-Johnson arsenic a young Black miss successful the aboriginal 1900s who learns that her Oklahoma onshore allotment is affluent with oil. “Sarah’s Oil” scored a uncommon “A+” CinemaScore from summons buyers.

Arguably the astir promising of the prospective awards movies to unfastened successful theaters implicit the play was Neon’s “Sentimental Value.” The film, a prize-winner astatine Cannes, directed by Norwegian-Danish filmmaker Joachim Trier, has been tabbed arsenic a large Oscar contender this year. The family drama’s cast includes Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and, successful her 2nd movie of the weekend, Elle Fanning. It opened successful 4 theaters with $200,000, giving it a $50,000 per-screen average. That’s the 3rd champion of the year.

The debut of “Predator: Badlands” sealed the Walt Disney Co.’s 4th consecutive twelvemonth of $4 cardinal successful worldwide summons sales. It besides broke a abbreviated streak of disappointments for the studio, including “Tron: Ares” and “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.” With perchance 2 of the biggest box-office hits of the twelvemonth inactive to travel successful “Zootopia 2” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” Disney is poised to surpass $5 billion.

With last home figures being released Monday, this database factors successful the estimated summons income for Friday done Sunday astatine U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:

1. “Predator: Badlands,” $40 million.

2. “Regretting You,” $7.1 million.

3. “Black Phone 2,” $5.3 million.

4. “Sarah's Oil,” $4.5 million.

5. “Nuremberg,” $4.1 million.

6. “Chainsaw Man,” $3.6 million.

7. “Bugonia,” $3.5 million.

8. “Die My Love,” $2.8 million.

9. “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” $2.2 million.

10. “Tron: Ares,” $1.8 million.