For the first time in seven years, a new "Predator" movie is making its way to theaters. After sending both "Prey" and the animated "Predator: Killer of Killers" directly to Hulu , Disney is hoping that director Dan Trachtenberg can deliver a theatrical hit with the live-action "Predator: Badlands." The question is, will enough people turn up to turn this pricey sci-fi flick into a box office success?

As of this writing, "Badlands" is expected to pull in between $17 and $25 million domestically when it debuts next weekend, per Box Office Theory . That is, admittedly, on the low side for a movie of this size. Disney was probably aiming for something closer to last year's "Alien: Romulus," which opened to $42 million en route to an eventual $350.8 million worldwide total against an $8

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