With a $24 million opening, “The Predator” easily took the top spot this weekend after “The Nun” proved to be no contest with a 66 percent fall.
An unusual total of four new wide releases made the Top 10, with the female-oriented “A Simple Favor” doing a decent $16 million, while “White Boy Rick” (Sony) managed only a little more than half that.
Faith-based sequel “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” managed about $2.3 million.Last year saw a 10 percent higher overall box office, led by the $60 million second weekend of “It.” However, the other films that weekend were much weaker, making this weekend one case where lower results look more positive overall.All that said, “The Predator” — which cost $88 million before marketing and received a very weak C+ Cinemascore — isn’t impressive.
The sixth in the overall series isn’t a sequel, but a remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger 1987 original.Better news for “The Predator” is its $30 million initial foreign take.
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