A Year Into Streaming, 'Predator: Badlands' Is Still Hunting on Prime Video's Charts

The Predator franchise has always been about survival — and Predator: Badlands is proving it knows how to survive a box office disappointment. Nearly a year after its streaming debut, Dan Trachtenberg's sci-fi epic continues to chart among the most-watched titles in the US, UK, Europe and beyond, with its strongest recent showing on Prime Video and on Apple TV's PVOD charts, where it is currently charting in no fewer than five European countries.

The film is available to stream on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the US, while fans can also rent or buy it on digital storefronts including Amazon, Apple and Google. Its long streaming tail has quietly done what the theatrical run could not: turn a $105-million gamble into an ongoing asset. The film earned $185 million at the box office — a franchise best, unadjusted for inflation — but that was not enough to break even given its budget. Streaming and PVOD have been closing the gap ever since.

The Revival That Would Not Die

Badlands was the third project from Trachtenberg in the franchise's current revival, following 2022's Prey and the animated anthology Predator: Killer of Killers. It was also the boldest: the first theatrically released entry of the revival, the first to center a Predator as its protagonist, and a full outer-space adventure complete with a newly created Yautja language, elaborate world-building and a sweeping score. The film follows Dek, a young Predator exiled from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in Thia, a damaged android played by Elle Fanning, on a treacherous journey to find the ultimate adversary.

Audiences responded with enthusiasm that outpaced the box office math. The film drew strong audience scores and genuine affection from franchise fans, who embraced its swing-for-the-fences scope — the kind of immersive sci-fi experience more often associated with Star Wars or Dune than with the traditionally lean Predator formula.

What Comes Next for the Yautja

The continued streaming strength is more than a consolation prize — it is an argument for more. Trachtenberg has already teased another movie that would serve as a sequel to Badlands, revealing that the idea was conceived alongside the projects that became Badlands and Killer of Killers. His growing slate complicates the timeline: Disney recently announced he will tackle a live-action Sleeping Beauty adaptation, and he is reportedly developing another film at Paramount following a new deal with the studio.

But the longer Badlands keeps charting — on Prime Video this week, on Apple TV across Europe, on Disney+ and Hulu before that — the harder it becomes to argue against a return. The film's message, in the end, is the same as its protagonist's: get knocked down, get back up, and keep hunting.