“Predator: Badlands” Roarsโ to $40 million Opening, Propels Disney Past โ$4 Billion
los Angeles -โค “Predator: Badlands” dominated the North American box office this weekend, launching with an impressiveโข $40 million debut, according to estimates from Comscore. The โคfilm’s โขstrong performance marks a notable win for Walt Disney Co., pushing the studio’s worldwide ticket sales beyond $4 billionโ forโ the fourth consecutive โคyear.
The success of “Predator: Badlands” arrives as Disney rebounds from recent underperformersโ like โฃ”Tron: Ares” and “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.” With highly anticipatedโข sequels “Zootopia 2” and โค”Avatar: Fire and Ash” still slated for release, Disney is now positioned to potentiallyโข exceed $5 billion in global ticket revenue โthis year.โ
The top ten filmsโ at the domestic box office for theโ Friday-Sunday period are asโค follows:
- “Predator: Badlands,” $40 million.
- “Regretting โYou,” $7.1 million.
- “Black Phoneโค 2,” $5.3 million.
- “Sarah’s Oil,” $4.5 million.โ
- “Nuremberg,”โ $4.1 million. โ
- “Chainsaw โคMan,” $3.6 million.
- “Bugonia,” $3.5 million.
- “Die My Love,” $2.8 million.โ
- “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” $2.2 million.
- “Tron: ares,” $1.8 million.
Elsewhere โin the box office, the independentโค family drama “Sarah’s Oil” opened in four theaters, earning โฃ$200,000-a $50,000 per-screen average, the third highestโ of the year. The film stars Renate โขReinsve, Stellan โฃSkarsgรฅrd, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning.