"Predator: Badlands" Sets Franchise Record w/ $40M Debut

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Predator: Badlands Sets Franchise Record with $40 Million Debut, Snapping Box Office Cold Streak
by Rebecca Rubin
Nov. 9, 2025


Predator: Badlands is this weekend’s apex predator at the box office, collecting a better-than-expected $40 million in its domestic debut.

Those ticket sales were enough to cement a franchise record, overtaking 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($38 million, not adjusted for inflation) as the biggest opening weekend in the long-running property.



Predator: Badlands has received positive reviews and great word-of-mouth, including an “A-” grade on CinemaScore exit polls. It also had a broader theatrical reach with its PG-13 rating. (Most of the Predator films have been rated R.)

Predator: Badlands earned another $40 million at the international box office, bringing its global total to $80 million.





Second place went to Regretting You with $7.1 million from 3,196 locations, a scant 8% decline from the prior weekend.

Paramount’s adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel has demonstrated impressive staying power with $38.5 million domestically and $70.9 million globally after three weekends in theaters.





Black Phone 2 dropped to third place with $5.3 million from 2,943 venues in its third frame, down just 36% from last weekend.

So far, Universal and Blumhouse’s scary sequel has grossed $70 million in North America and $120 million worldwide.





Amazon MGM’s inspirational true story Sarah’s Oil enjoyed the best start among newcomers with $4.5 million from 2,410 theaters, enough for fourth place on domestic charts.

The feel-good film, about a young Black girl who finds oil on her land and becomes a millionaire at age 11, landed a rare “A+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.





The Rami Malek-led historical drama Nuremberg debuted at No. 5 with $4.1 million from 1,802 venues. The film has a 68% average on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 95% average from audiences.

Malek plays a psychiatrist who has to determine whether the Nazi Hermann Goring (Russell Crowe) is fit to be prosecuted at the Nuremberg trials.





Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s psychodrama Die My Love stumbled in eighth place with $2.8 million from 1,983 theaters.

While Lawrence has been praised for her performance as a new mother who begins to unravel while suffering from postpartum depression, it was saddled with a “D+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.





Sydney Sweeney’s boxing biopic Christy, the first theatrical release from Black Bear Pictures, debuted at No. 11 with a paltry $1.3 million from 2,011 theaters.

In limited release, Neon’s familial drama Sentimental Value amassed $200,000 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, translating to $50,000 per location.

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November 7-9, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Predator: Badlands $40,000,000
2. Regretting You $7,125,000 / $38,596,498
3. Black Phone 2 $5,300,000 / $70,108,550
4. Sarah's Oil $4,458,000
5. Nuremberg $4,147,411
6. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc $3,600,000 / $38,031,234
7. Bugonia $3,500,000 / $12,310,470
8. Die My Love $2,830,924
9. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere $2,200,000 / $20,396,290
10. Tron: Ares $1,800,000 / $71,260,727