Overview
- The film opened to $80 million worldwide, including $40 million domestic, setting a new opening-weekend record for the Predator franchise.
- Audiences awarded an A- CinemaScore and critics and moviegoers posted high Rotten Tomatoes scores, signaling strong word of mouth.
- Director Dan Trachtenberg’s PG-13 entry leans into a buddy-adventure tone with a Yautja protagonist and a Weyland‑Yutani synthetic, broadening the series’ appeal.
- References to Weyland‑Yutani have intensified debate over continuity, with some coverage arguing the movie falls outside the main Predator timeline.
- A reported $105 million production budget underscores the need for steady box-office holds as online chatter labels the film “Disneyfied” or “woke,” including queer-reading jokes traced to a THR review aside.