‘The Predator’ Box Office Tracking: Shane Black’s Sequel Aims For $30 Million Opening Weekend
Shane Black’sThe Predatoris using the titular alien’s triangular laser targeting system to zero in on a $25-$30 million opening weekend for the upcoming sci-fi sequel. That’s a far cry fromIron Man 3’s gigantic opening, but a significant improvement over Black’s previous film,The Nice Guys. Read Predatorbox office tracking below, and see how the sequel stacks up against the other movies in the franchise.
According toVariety, early tracking numbers suggest thatThe Predatorcould open to between $25 and $30 million dollars. (That’s 25 million, not $25 dollars. This isn’tBillionaire Boys Club.)
If that estimate proves accurate, it would top the opening weekends ofPredator($12 million in 1987, which would be $28 million in 2018 dollars adjusting for inflation),Predator 2($8.7 million in 1990, which would be $16 million in 2018 dollars), andPredators($24 million in 2010, which converts to $27 million in 2018 cash). All numbers are borrowed from Box Office Mojo.
How would a $25 to $30 million opening would compare to other movies that Black has directed so far? It would be a solid number for him. 2005’s excellentKiss Kiss Bang Bangopened to just $180,660, andThe Nice Guysopened to just over $11 million.Iron Man 3opened to $174 million, but coming off the success ofThe Avengersand with the weight of MCU fandom behind it, it seems almost unfair to even include that movie in this conversation.
This will be the first soloPredatormovie sincePredators, but from what we can gather, this one basically ignores that film’s existence. Instead, it picks up after the events of the first two movies, upping the stakes with a story that features the aliens coming to Earth after discovering how to genetically upgrade themselves with the DNA of animals to make them better killers. The cast includesBoyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey,andYvonne Strahovski.
Here’s the movie’s official synopsis:
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
The Predatorwill have its world premiere at this year’sToronto International Film FestivalonSeptember 6, 2018before opening in theaters nationwide onSeptember 14, 2018.
