The first box office figures have been released and The Predator came out on top with $24 million domestically while overseas, it made $30.7 million for a worldwide total of $54.7 million in its first weekend. For its second weekend, Conjuring sequel The Nun also made $18.2 million domestically which ate into a bit of The Predator‘s box office takings, I suspect.
For comparison sake. 2010’s Predators made $24.7m in its opening weekend while AvP Requiem made $10m. They both went on to make around $128m worldwide. The bad news, both those movies were made for around $45m and media outlets are reporting that The Predator cost $88m to make. Still, the highest grossing movie in the franchise was 2004’s Alien vs. Predator which raked in $172m on a $60m budget.
Unfortunately, The Predator has had a number of negative reviews, currently sitting on a 34% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Mainstream audiences aren’t going to see it – it’s mainly just the hardcore Predator fans and the whole “sex offender” scandal certainly hasn’t helped. It might finish with at least $50m domestically but it might certainly do better overseas as these sorts of movies tend to do. But even if it ended up with the same totals as Predators and AvP Requiem, it’d still be pretty disastrous given the $88m budget.
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I guess Predator is a very niche market in the grand scheme of things.
Horribly written, but everything else is top-notch, that's not the case with the others.
And Disney also did this with "Solo" and the result was a flop. (Even though I liked it.)
Disney is not infallible in terms of box office hits. They go where they are sure they can make money.
That's why there are so many Marvel movies from Disney. They make a profit.
- Imo the "Solo" flop shows how Disney reacts when a franchise underperforms (such as with stand alone Star Wars films). Then the studio cancels or delays movies in that franchise.
Disney would've pulled a "Rogue One"and fired the director. They would've reshot half the movie with a different director and screenwriter.
He won't.
They won't.
I'm not sure what Disney will do with several franchises that I like.
It seems Disney wants big box office hits and doesn't want to take more risks when a movie series under performs.
- Take stand alone Star Wars; the Obi-Wan film is on hold after "Solo" flopped.
- "Alien Covenant" had so so box office and there's no word of Disney approving another Alien movie.
- I enjoyed "The Predator" as a fun action/comedy film.
I have my doubts that Disney will allow another Predator movie for a long time.
I was forced into early retirement, but once in awhile I will take a part time seasonal job to get me outta the house, like Christmas at Macy's. Measly paycheck, but it allowed me to stock up on socks and underpants on employee discount. I decided to apply at a theater nearby for the summer blockbuster months. They never called me back. I wanted to call them and scream, hey I own a movie website, dammit! But then I realized that means jack squat to them.
I still have a fun new movie to add to the collection, and this one has rewatch-value for me, so it's win-win.
And guys, don't fool yourself, this is not the end of the Predator franchise, there will be other movies, by the end of it's run we will see this movie still doing over a 100 million, possibily much more with China involved.
Now, for an 88 million dollar movie, that's bad, but not for a 30+ year old franchise that had low budget productions up until now. There will be other movies, just not that big.
I was hungry for that big, blockbuster style Predator movie, and it was fun, but i think they should scale it back now. The dogs, reshoots, CGI Predator etc., they could have saved a shitload of cash in my book and this movie would have made some money, but they went all-in on this, and we see there are not enough people into this.
It's a shame, but i rather have a small movie that doesn't get tested and twisted six ways to Sunday.
I still maintain its a 5/5 movie for me. Maybe a 3/5 movie with 2 extra esoteric points, the humour worked well and the tweeness of the kid and almost 80s nostalgia (Monster Squad, Flight of the Navigator, ET) also worked.
True its a "twisting of the genres" and I guess people saw the tone as inconsistent, but again my opinion is it enhanced the film.
I can't wait for the Blu-Ray which I hear is due as soon as December 2018.
Hicks do long-term Blu-Ray, DVD and Cable Home Box Office download sales count as breaking even or is this movie, as a commercial venture, cooked?
It's made about $6 million over the last week.
Shane Black is set to direct Doc Savage with Dwayne Johnson stepping in as the golden age bronze superhero (or is Savage a silver age?). So unless the studio or whoever executive powers in charge of that project waver with doubt, it appears Shane will continue to pound the cinematic pavement.
Dekker, on the other hand, has no current/future projects on his plate that I know of, so it's possible he could be one of the career casualties you suggest.
It's going to be interesting to see who's career survives this train wreck.
"Last weekend's #1 film, The Predator, is looking at a steep drop this weekend. Despite playing in 1,368 more theaters than 2010's Predators, The Predator was unable to top its predecessor's opening weekend, pulling in just $24.6 million last weekend from 4,037 locations. To that point, the 2010 film dipped a massive 71.7% in its second weekend and we see no reason for The Predator to fair much better. Right now we're expecting a 66% decline and a three-day around $8.4 million and a domestic cume topping $40 million by the end of day Sunday."
I've mentioned before I rarely go to the theater, but I was going to make the Predator an exception. But the juggernaut of negativity (not just box office, also including reviews) has me in procrastination mode. I may very well wait till this shows up on VUDU.
Uh nope
Yep, the studio tried to save the mess but ended up making things worse in the process. There was never much hope as soon Shane got involved.
After all the problems, would Black even want to work on Predator again ? If Fox can't let him make the movie he wanted, then why would he want to go through all that again ?
Fox haven't had a clue how to handle the Alien and Predator franchises for a long time now and this movies production problems prove they still don't. I'd certainly lay more blame on Fox than Black, because Blacks other movies are well made and well directed, not messy like The Predator is. I can imagine a lot of the changes came from the studio and they butchered it in editing too.
It's a movie he had been developing for awhile. There is no confirmation of him directing it or being attached. The headline is very misleading for that news report. Netflix acquired the title as a development title and Black may have done a re-write recently which is why Netflix picked up but nothing has come out saying that it's his next film.
It would be a smart move for him though. A lot of directors/showrunners love these streaming services because they leave the creators alone.
& Then the novels for the Predator are going on the back burner, so all you're left with are comics.
However this won't have much of any effect on Shane Black's career. Especially when it is obvious the studio interfered. Which is what happens. They recruited him and overall it was the product he produces that they received. Munn on the other hand, has probably done some damaged to her acting career. That comes with the Territory but I doubt she'll be able to accept it in the long term. Yea it's a sexist thing, if Black did what she did no one would care. In fact no one really cares about him hiring his friend. He was edited out for public relations and that's just business. Get scolded, say sorry; rinse and repeat.
There's not going to be a sequel. The films lack of success doesn't warrant one. It's sad really. Black isn't going to hurt in any way by this failure. Munn may have stifled if not done permanent damage to her career. Worst of all the hundreds of thousands of hard core Predator fans just got place on the back burner "big screen" wise. However as others have said, the rest of the franchise is doing well comic wise. How the gaming side of things?
It'll depend on how this movie does financially. It's got a shot to make some money overseas but it looks DOA here in the US. My theory is they'll do a soft reboot and either destroy or ignore that Predator Suit from the end. At this point I won't be surprised if they go trending route of ignoring all of the films and making a sequel to just the first movie in a few years.
Yeah. I was referring to the Predator franchise in particular. I just can't see him ever being allowed near it again.
On a side note, do you think they'll try to explain this one away as a "dream sequence"?
"You Good?"
"Yeah, just a bad dream"
"Nightmare?"
"I'll say. Was like a Shane Black Movie"
"That bad eh?"
How would you feel if you were employed to work with a convicted child groomer.... or your kids.....and your employer knew all along ... the role this pedo played says it all. A joke to far- right Shane ...
Anyway - You would want it reported- right
Shane Black is over.
His silence is deafening
Game Over
The director, writer, producers are all utterly terrified of being called out.
And quite right too.
Feel for the cast and crew.
Seriously what a utterly horrible scenario
Based off of the controversy he definitely won't be allowed to work on a large budget movie with Fox anytime soon. Another studio might pick him up, but Fox won't give him another big movie like this.
Also, based off of his comments about the experience and the stories that have been out there it doesn't even seem like he really enjoyed his experience making the movie. If we get a sequel I would be shocked if Black returns.