“ Predator: Badlands ” is aiming to sink its teeth into $25 million to $30 million in its North American box office debut.

The sci-fi adventure, starring Elle Fanning, is tracking to earn another $35 million to $38 million internationally for a global debut of $60 million to $68 million. Disney’s 20th Century Studios spent a sizable $105 million to produce the film, not including marketing expenses. Disney is poised to dominate the end-of-year box office with “Zootopia 2” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” but the studio’s recent releases such as “Tron: Ares” and “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” misfired in theaters.

“Badlands” is the ninth installment in the long-running franchise, which ignited with 1987’s “Predator,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mercenary known as Dutch. Seq

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