Predator Badlands box office collection: Dan Trachtenberg film sets franchise record with $80 million opening

Predator Badlands box office collection: Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi stars as a young Predator in the Dan Trachtenberg film.

Updated on: Nov 10, 2025, 10:10:49 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Predator Badlands box office collection: The newest Predator film, Predator: Badlands, set a record for the franchise in its opening weekend. The film minted $40 million in North America to lead the domestic box office over the weekend, a better-than-expected result that slightly lifted the box office from its autumn doldrums.

Predator Badlands box office collection: Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in a still from the film.

Predator Badlands is the number 1 film in the world

Predator: Badlands released on the heels of the worst box office weekend of 2025 in North America. But it managed to turn the tide with its $40 million opening. Not accounting for inflation, the $40 million opening marked a new high for the franchise, beating the $38.3 million start for 2004’s Alien vs. Predator.

Internationally, too, Predator: Badlands has done well, matching its domestic collection and adding $40 million from the international territories, according to studio estimates. The film's global opening weekend collection stands at $80 million, a promising total.

Written and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, Predator: Badlands is the most expensive Predator film. According to AP, the film's budget is $105 million, which means it needs to earn a bit more to be profitable. Whether it gets to its break-even point will depend on how the film performs over the weekdays.

All about Predator Badlands

Badlands, the eighth movie in the franchise that began with 1987’s Predator, 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. This is the first film in the franchise where the titular Predator is a protagonist, not an antagonist.

The film opened to largely positive reviews globally and has been appreciated by the audience as well. Reviews (85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) have been good. Moviegoers gave it an A- CinemaScore.

(With AP inputs)

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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