Predator Box Office: Worldwide Totals for Every Film

The seven theatrical Predator films have earned about $935 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo, and Predator: Badlands (2025), directed by Dan Trachtenberg, sits on top with $184.6 million on a $105 million budget. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, is second with $177.4 million against a $60 million budget. All figures are in US dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.

Here is the run in release order. Predator (1987), directed by John McTiernan, earned $98.3 million worldwide on a $15 million budget. Predator 2 (1990), directed by Stephen Hopkins, earned $57.1 million on $35 million. The crossover Alien vs Predator 2004 took $177.4 million, and its sequel AVP Requiem (2007), directed by Colin and Greg Strause, took $130.3 million on $40 million. Predators 2010, directed by Nimród Antal, earned $127.2 million on $40 million. The Predator 2018, directed by Shane Black, earned $160.5 million on $88 million. Then came Predator Badlands, released by 20th Century Studios, part of Disney, which took the top spot.

The five main saga films add up to about $627.7 million worldwide, and the two crossover spin-offs add another $307.7 million. The split between home and abroad has shifted over time. Predator (1987) earned roughly 61 percent of its total in the US ($59.7 million domestic), while The Predator (2018) earned about 68 percent overseas ($109.5 million international). Badlands is almost even, with $91.1 million domestic and $93.5 million international.

Two spin-offs have no theatrical gross at all. Prey predator (2022) and Predator Killer of Killers (2025), both directed by Trachtenberg, went straight to Hulu in the US, and Box Office Mojo lists no grosses for either. The Numbers puts their budgets at $65 million and $50 million. Disney announced after three days that Prey was the No. 1 premiere on Hulu to date, but that is a streaming claim, so neither film is counted in the total. If you want to see where to stream them, start with where to watch Predator movies.

Budgets come from Box Office Mojo or The Numbers, and the two sometimes disagree. The Numbers lists $18 million for Predator (1987) and also gives AVP: Alien vs. Predator a higher budget than Box Office Mojo does, and Screen Daily reported a higher figure for that film too. The lower Box Office Mojo figures are used here. For the whole series in one place, see all Predator movies, or the Predator movies in order.

In my opinion, no Predator film is a clear flop, but the numbers split them into three groups: one outright winner on return, a handful of solid earners, and one that struggled. Raw dollars and return on budget point at different films, so it helps to look at both.

Is Predator: Badlands a hit or flop? It is the highest grossing Predator movie in raw dollars, and it opened to $40 million in the US, according to Box Office Mojo. It earned about 1.8 times its $105 million budget. That is about $24 million more than The Predator managed, though at a similar multiple of its cost. Studios do not publish marketing spend or theater splits, so I cannot call it profitable with confidence. It could be argued that the PG-13 rating helped, since Badlands and AVP, the two top earners, are the only PG-13 releases in the theatrical run, but that is two films and I would not push the point far.

Did Predator 2 flop? It is the weakest earner. The sequel took $30.7 million in the US, which is under its $35 million budget, and $57.1 million worldwide, roughly 58 percent of what the first film made. In my opinion, that is an underperformer rather than a collapse, because the overseas gross lifted it above its cost. For the story of the sequel set in a 1997 Los Angeles heat wave, see the Predator 2 page.

Which film got the most for its money? Predator (1987) did, by a distance. It returned about 6.5 times its $15 million budget, against about 3.3 times for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, 3.2 times for Predators and 3.0 times for AVP. The Predator (2018) and Badlands, both at about 1.8 times, sit near the bottom of the ratio table, because both cost far more than the earlier films. Perhaps the fairest summary is that the series has grown in dollars while the margin has shrunk.

Why do the crossovers matter? The two AVP films account for about a third of the $935 million total. The Alien vs predator films lean on a second famous monster, and Anderson's 2004 film still ranks second overall. Both sit in the spin-off column, so the saga's own best result is Badlands.

No Predator film after Badlands has a release date or official announcement, according to ComicBook.com in February 2026, so there is no new total to expect yet. Check the new Predator movie page for changes, and to see how the films compare on quality rather than cash, read Predator movies ranked.