Predator: Badlands is now shaping up to be an even bigger box office disaster than originally projected, with losses approaching $80 million as theatrical interest completely collapses.
What was once estimated to lose around $60 million is now tracking significantly worse as the film’s domestic run fizzles out and international audiences largely stay away.
Box office drops off a cliff in weekend seven
The Predator: Badlands box office took another brutal hit in weekend seven, plunging 78.3% to just $213,000. The film also lost roughly 70% of its remaining theaters, a clear sign exhibitors are done with it.
At this point, the domestic box office is effectively finished.
Tallies now sit at:
- Domestic: $90,611,711 (49.4%)
- International: $92,858,529 (50.6%)
- Worldwide: $183,470,240
Those numbers fall well short of what the film needed to break even after production costs, marketing, and distribution expenses are factored in, thought to be around $262M.
International audiences didn’t save it
Disney was likely hoping international markets would help soften the blow, but that didn’t happen. Overseas box office barely edged past domestic, and there was no late surge from key territories.
With global interest fading fast, there’s little chance the film meaningfully improves its final numbers.
Losses now nearing $80 million
Based on its worldwide gross and estimated total costs, Predator: Badlands is now on pace to lose close to $80 million theatrically. That’s a significant jump from earlier projections and firmly places the movie in bomb territory at the box office.
Merchandising and downstream revenue won’t come close to offsetting that gap.
Aliens vs. Predator crossover likely dead
One of the bigger implications of the failure is the apparent death of the once-hyped Aliens vs. Predator crossover.
With Predator: Badlands underperforming this badly, there’s little incentive for Disney to move forward with a theatrical crossover event.
There’s also no current talk of a sequel.
Predator likely headed back to streaming
If Disney decides to continue the Predator franchise at all, the most likely path appears to be streaming rather than theaters.
A scaled-down release would limit risk (lower budget) after the clear rejection of Predator: Badlands by moviegoers.
For now, Predator: Badlands looks like the end of the road for the franchise on the big screen.
Fake hype can’t save Predator
We also see that those fake memes run by various outlets didn’t help. And yeah, Aliens vs Predator is still the highest-grossing of the Predator films, coming in at over $305M in today’s dollars.
The 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger also blows by Badlands, landing at over $280M in today’s dollars. Its domestic run also destroys Badlands, with a massive $170.793 million in today’s dollars, twice that of Badlands.
