Well, it’s official – Predator: Badlands is done in theaters, and honestly, the box office numbers are a bit of a letdown. It made around $184.5 million worldwide, which isn’t great. I think this pretty much means the studio is going to have to rethink things if they want to keep making Predator movies. It feels like big changes are coming!
Disney stopped promoting the film last Thursday after it struggled to gain traction, failing to bounce back from weak initial numbers and disappointing results overseas.
Final Box Office Breakdown
- Domestic: $91,083,631 (49.4%)
- International: $93,410,824 (50.6%)
- Worldwide Total: $184,494,455
Although Predator: Badlands earned roughly the same amount of money in the US and internationally, it didn’t really catch on with audiences and ultimately lost around $80 million.
Crossover Dead, Franchise Back to Streaming?
The recent disappointing results appear to have ended plans for the potential crossover between the Aliens and Predator franchises, which was only in the initial stages of development.
We haven’t heard anything about a follow-up to Badlands, and it seems likely Disney is reconsidering whether to release future films based on the story in theaters.
If there’s another movie in the series, it will probably go straight to a streaming service like Hulu or Disney+, similar to how the film Prey was released.
Not even in Top 5
Despite claims and promotion from some sources, Predator: Badlands didn’t earn the most money at the box office compared to other films in the Predator series.
- Alien vs. Predator 2004: $177,427,090 or $437,042,154.83 in today’s dollars
- Predator 1987: $98,268,458 or $278,493,329.00 in today’s dollars (its domestic alone comes in at $169,290,858.54)
- Aliens vs Predator: Reqiuem 2007: $130,290,885 or $202,304,590.43 in today’s dollars
- The Predator 2018: $160,542,134 or $205,830,248.64 in today’s dollars
- Predators 2010: $127,233,108 or $187,849,949.04 in today’s dollars
Why the flop?
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