Paramount’s $110M redo of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Running Man , this time starring Glen Powell, is targeting a No. 1 win at the box office this weekend, with around $20M. But it’s facing the heat carried by the second weekend of 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands , which looks to settle at around $16M , -60%.

What could keep Predator: Badlands in a better-than-expected B.O. range is that it carries the best CinemaScore ever for the franchise (A-), as well as a high PostTrak definite recommend of 78%. Also, working to Badlands’ advantage is its PG-13 rating to Running Man ‘s R rating. Badlands cleared $5.7M on Veterans Day Tuesday for a running five-day total of $49.2M.

Both are heavily male-skewing movies, though Badlands’ second-best demo

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