- "The Predator" may have topped the box office over the weekend, but it only made $24 million — far from a smash.
- Exhibitor Relations senior box-office analyst Jeff Bock told Business Insider that the movie would have made more money if Arnold Schwarzenegger had reprised his role from the 1987 original "Predator."
- "It could be sh-- but it would be enough where people would go see it," Bock said.
- Director Shane Black said that Schwarzenegger turned down a role in the film because it was "too small."
- Bock said the upcoming "Halloween" capitalized on the nostalgia factor that "The Predator" failed to do by bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis.
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'The Predator' leaned away from nostalgia and hurt its box-office haul, but the upcoming 'Halloween' movie didn't make the same mistake
Exhibitor Relations senior box-office analyst Jeff Bock says that "The Predator" would have made more money if it capitalized on nostalgia like the upcoming "Halloween" movie is doing — specifically by bringing Arnold Schwarzenegger back to star, who turned down a role because it was 'too small.'
"The Predator" may have dethroned "The Nun" at the box office over the weekend, breaking Warner Bros.' five-week streak at the top in the process, but it was far from a smash.
"The Predator" made just $24 million in its opening weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, that's
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