Name: Predator
Director: John McTiernan
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 1987
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura

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Bill Duke Starring Predator Franchise 20th Century Fox Studio

Written byJim Thomas, John Thomas Produced byLawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, John Davis CinematographyDonald McAlpine Music byAlan Silvestri Studio20th Century Fox SeriesPredator

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 12-14 1 $12.0M — 1,623 $7,413 $12.0M

2 Jun 19-21 2 $8.2M −31.6% 1,636 $5,028 $25.7M

3 Jun 26-28 5 $5.2M −36.5% 1,632 $3,200 $34.9M

4 Jul 3-5 7 $4.0M −23.4% 1,597 $2,505 $41.8M

5 Jul 10-12 11 $2.9M −28.1% 1,427 $2,017 $46.9M

6 Jul 17-19 11 $1.7M −41.0% 1,182 $1,436 $50.0M

7 Jul 24-26 11 $1.1M −37.0% 876 $1,221 $51.9M

8 Jul 31-Aug 2 11 $835.8K −21.8% 710 $1,177 $53.3M

9 Aug 7-9 11 $613.2K −26.6% 570 $1,076 $54.4M

10 Aug 14-16 11 $419.3K −31.6% 449 $934 $55.1M

11 Aug 21-23 11 $257.6K −38.5% 301 $856 $55.5M

12 Aug 28-30 12 $176.8K −31.4% 217 $815 $55.8M

13 Sep 4-6 34 $152.1K −14.0% 193 $788 $56.1M

14 Sep 11-13 12 $168.0K +10.5% 239 $703 $56.3M

15 Sep 18-20 12 $110.0K −34.6% 171 $643 $56.5M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $419.3K

$12.0M

$8.2M

$5.2M

$4.0M

$2.9M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$835.8K

$613.2K

$419.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.6%

−31.6%

W1→2

−36.5%

W2→3

−23.4%

W3→4

−28.1%

W4→5

−41.0%

W5→6

−37.0%

W6→7

−21.8%

W7→8

−26.6%

W8→9

−31.6%

W9→10

Steepest −41.0%Best hold −21.8%

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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