‘Predator’ gobbles up competition at box office

The Predator is at the top of the food chain in its first weekend in theatres.

20th Century Fox said on Sunday that the film earned an estimated $24 million (Dh88.13 million) from more than 4,000 North American theatres.

But with an $88 million production price tag, the Shane Black-directed instalment in the 30-year-old franchise will be looking to international receipts to offset the cost. This weekend, it earned $30.7 million from 72 foreign markets, bringing the global total to $54.7 million.

Starring Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Boyd Holbrook, The Predator made headlines just weeks before opening when the studio cut a scene that featured an actor who was a registered sex offender. It did not appear to have affected the film’s box office performance.