On the alien world of Yautja Prime, the Yautja pride themselves on being the strongest, the fastest, the deadliest predators around. That conquering spirit, apparently, extends to the box office, where Predator: Badlands fought its way to a first-place win last weekend.
For its opening debut, Badlands hunted down a cool $40 million in the United States; it doubled its earnings by capturing the same number internationally. And whereas its central character is among the weakest of his kind, Predator: Badlands had the best opening weekend for any movie in the Predator franchise.
Regretting You, meanwhile, is probably regretting being so close to the top. Last week, it narrowly lost a first-place triumph to Black Phone 2. And this week, while it managed to surpass that horror sequel, it was nevertheless pushed out by Predator. Regretting You took in $7.2 million domestically, bringing its stateside total to $38.6 million. Worldwide, it’s earned $71 million.
As mentioned, Black Phone 2 fell from first place to third this weekend. Its domestic phone bill? $5.3 million, which brings its earnings to $70.1 million. Add in those overseas roaming charges, and you’ll get a worldwide total of $120.5 million.
Fourth place goes to Sarah’s Oil, a movie inspired by Sarah Rector’s Oklahoma oil story. And just how much is Sarah’s land worth? According to American audiences, they’d pay $4.5 million.
Rounding out the top five is Nuremberg, a movie which grapples with the legal and philosophical ideas surrounding the Nuremberg Trials. For its opening weekend, it made $4.2 million stateside (numbers outside the U.S. have not yet been reported).
Looking down the list, newly released boxing movie Christy found itself tapped out in 11th place with $1.3 million.
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