Predator Eliminates It’s Competition

By: Dominic La-Viola

The weekend box office numbers are in and it appears that the “Predator” has successes in it’s mission to complete it’s hunt and acquire it’s trophy. 

“Predator Badlands” comes in at number one with this weekend with a heroic 40 million in domestic ticket sales. With 80 million world wide it’s opening weekend. On a decent budget of 105 million. Which at this rate it will end up earning it’s money back in no time. 

“Regretting You” is still in the fight, in its 3rd week in cinemas. With an impressive 7.1 million domestically. Nothing to ride home about. But still impressive none the less. With a domestic total of 38.5 and a world wide total of 70.9 million on. A 30 million dollar budget. Earning it’s budget back two times over, in just 3 weeks. 

Dead is just a word. “Black Phone 2” is anything but dead in the water. Coming in the top three in its 4th week in theaters with 5.3 million domestically. With a total of 70.1 domestically. 120 million globally on a mere 30 million dollar budget. Earning 6 times it’s budget in just a months time. A 3rd installment like the grabber isn’t dead yet. 

“Sarah’s Oil” finds it pipe line with a 4.45 million dollar opening and an A+ on cinemascore. 

“Nuremberg” Sony’s courtroom drama. Is coming in at only 4 million domestic opening. Not a strong open for a film with a star spelled cast. 

“Chainsaw Man” earns Crunchroll another 3.6 million in the domestic market with a total of 137.1 million in domestic box office alone on a minor 4.1 million  budget. Earning over 30 times its budget. 

“Bugonia” earns a mere 3.5 million in its 3rd week. Total domestic being 12.3 and 23.1 million globally. On a budget of 55 million. 

“Die My Love” 2.83 million opening, with a D+ cinemascore. This psychodrama apparently couldn’t be saved by the dynamic duo of Jennifer Lawerence and Robert Patterson. 

“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” fails to deliver on a 2.3 million domestic earning with a total of 20.4 million total domestic and 34.6 million globally on a minor 55 million dollar budget. 

“Torn Ares” continues the disappointment with a 1.8 million domestic earning wiht. A total of 71.2 domestic earning and worldwide earning of 139. Million. Which would be an impressive amount had the film not cost 180 million dollars to make. 

“Christy” couldn’t even crack the top ten with an opening of 1.3 million. The worst in movie opening history. Which I believe is heavily due to its lack of marketing. Which the film received next to nothing in the terms of marketing. 

As someone who sees 3-5 movies a week in theaters, I never seen a single trailer for the film in any screenings. I only knew and was excited for the film due to festival buzz and reports.