FRIDAY AFTERNOON: 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands is creeping toward the second best Friday start ever for the franchise at $14M which will get the Dan Trachtenberg directed movie to the second best opening ever for a Predator movie at $33M. The John Davis produced feature is booked at 3,725 theaters.

The best Friday and opening for a Predator movie belongs to 2004’s Alien v. Predator with $16.4M and $38.2M respectively. Friday ticket sales of $14M includes the combined previews from Wednesday and Thursday of $4.8M.

Some may say, ‘Oh, well, this looks like Tron: Ares ‘ given how that movie a month ago posted a $14.4M Friday and a $33.2M start. But Predator: Badlands has some of the best reviews and audience scores for its franchise, plus it costs 52% less th

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