Overview
- After its first week, the film has earned about $51.5 million domestically and roughly $92 million worldwide, delivering the biggest opening in Predator history and quickly nearing the original’s lifetime totals.
- The movie holds Certified Fresh scores in the mid‑80s on Rotten Tomatoes, signaling strong word of mouth for the theatrical run.
- Director Dan Trachtenberg says the ending works on its own yet "sets up an expectation" for future stories, though no follow‑up has been announced.
- The installment reframes the IP by making a Yautja the lead and shifting to a lighter, PG‑13/12A adventure tone that broadens the audience.
- Badlands expands canon with a constructed Yautja language, a fuller look at Yautja Prime, and an on‑screen Weyland‑Yutani synthetic that links the franchise to Alien.