SATURDAY AM: Refresh for more analysis and chart … 20th Century Studios’ Predator Badlands is looking good, knock on wood, coursing to a very near record opening for the franchise, around $37M , after a $15.6M Friday/previews and the best CinemaScore a Predator movie has ever seen of A-. As we told you, the previous highs for a Predator movie were the original 1987 installment and 1990 sequel which earned B+s. That audience score is further boosted by the Screen Engine/Comscore PostTrak definite recommend of 78% — which is platinum for any movie.

It’s clear audiences are enjoying the film, hence the higher than expected ticket sales which were expected to be around the $25M range.

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands is creepin

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