Though it’s expected to make quick work of the aforementioned fellow openers, it will have to also contend with the second weekend of Corin Hardy’s The Nun, which is currently tracking a roughly $40 million opening for Warner Bros. The Conjuring universe is a pretty hot commodity in Hollywood right now, and when we consider the horror roots of the Predator franchise as a whole (even if it skews more into action territory), there is always a chance that these two could duke it out in a major way.
However, these reports also note that The Predator might not make easy prey of every movie at the box office when it opens on September 14.