Friday Box Office: ‘The Predator’ Hunts Down $10.5 Million, Surpassing ‘The Nun’

Despite a casting controversy involving an old friend of Shane Black and a generally lukewarm-to-wtf response from critics, Predator/”>The Predator looks to be the winner in its opening weekend.

20th Century Fox’s sci-fi sequel took in $10.5 million on Friday, on track for a $25 million debut.

The Predator, which debuts more than 30 years after the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring original, is a completely revamped take on the franchise, with Black’s trademark rapid-fire humor peppered into the extraterrestrial ultra-violence.

Plus, there’s Preda-dogs.

They’re like Predators, but dogs.

The science …

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