Overview
- Early reception is strong at roughly 89% on Rotten Tomatoes based on about 75 critic reviews.
- Predator: Badlands opens exclusively in theaters on November 7, including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 3D and other premium formats.
- Box office tracking points to an estimated $60 million global opening, with $25M+ projected from the U.S. and Canada.
- Producer Ben Rosenblatt says Arnold Schwarzenegger and Trachtenberg have met multiple times about a possible live‑action return, with further talks expected after release.
- The film marks the franchise’s first Predator‑led and first PG‑13 theatrical entry, leans heavily on VFX, and explicitly ties into Alien lore via Weyland‑Yutani without featuring Xenomorphs.