The latest installment in the Predator franchise, Predator: Badlands, earned almost double what The Predator earned on its first Monday. The Elle Fanning-starrer is inching closer to the $50 million mark at the domestic box office. Globally, it is already the 4th highest-grossing installment in the main franchise. Keep scrolling for the deets.

On today's episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety's Rebecca Rubin breaks down the weekend box office and the surprising strength of “Predator: Badlands.” And Jordan Moreau details his profile of “The Running Man” writer-director Edgar Wright.

Disney blockbuster Predator: Badlands topped the global box office chart on its opening weekend with an $80m session. That figure was split evenly between US and international markets, with $40m coming from each.

Badlands is creeping toward the second best Friday start ever for the franchise at $14M which will get the Dan Trachtenberg directed movie to the second best opening ever for a Predator movie at $33M.

Predator: Badlands has kicked off its run at the North American box office, and it's shaping up to be a solid weekend. Filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg has also revealed a scrapped early idea for the