{"id":44464,"date":"2018-09-17T20:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=44464"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:26:21","slug":"the-predator-disappoints-with-24-million-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/17\/the-predator-disappoints-with-24-million-opening-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PREDATOR Disappoints With $24 Million Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite being a new installment in one of Fox’s better known science-fiction franchises, The Predator<\/strong> had a less than auspicious debut this past weekend, pulling in just $24 million at the box office. The weekend’s final estimate for the film is also disappointing, because it represents a $2 million drop from the $26 million projections that were being made on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s box office for the film also is a decline from the debut of the franchise\u2019s last installment, 2010\u2019s Predators<\/strong>, which earned $24.7 million its opening weekend. The problem, though, is that the Nimr\u00f3d Antal-directed film from 2010 had a budget of just $40 million while this new installment cost more than double that – $88 million. While The Predator<\/strong>\u2019s overseas\u2019 box office of $30.7 million will help boast it towards profitability, some box office analysts are having trouble seeing a path that gets the film firmly into the black. With films like Venom<\/strong> and A Star Is Born<\/strong> set to start debuting in just a few weeks, The Predator doesn\u2019t have much time to make up its lost ground.<\/p>\n

The Predator earned a rather low C= from Cinemascore’s polling of audiences on Friday night while Rotten Tomatoes has the film scoring at just 33%. This combination suggest some poor word of mouth coming over the next few weeks for the movie which will further depress ticket sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bad news for the science-fiction franchise.<\/div>\n

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