Adding the dismembered android upper half of Elle Fanning to the ancient but not-quite-played-out “Predator” franchise is paying off as it rolled up some $14 million+ Thursday night and Friday, on its way to a $40 million opening weekend.

Deadline.com is saying that a $60 million global opening weekend is in the cards for “Predator: Badlands,” the latest monstrous monster hunter hunting monsters movie. Decent reviews or not, this franchise has staying power. Considering how underwhelming this fall’s films have been in terms of box office take, that’s got to be a relief to the theater chains, which have been trotting out a parade of re-releases, speciality titles and the like as anime and the odd Indian film have been the only titles to consistently draw a crowd.

Case in point, the thin pickings fighting over the scraps in the rest of the Top Five.

“Regretting You” is getting that Colleen Hoover (“This Ends with Us”) crowd, pulling in another $7.1 million as it closes in on the $40 million mark. It cost about $30, with no big names in the cast, so it’s sure to finish in the black.

Third place goes to “Black Phone 2,” adding another $5.3 million. It will clear the $70 million barrier by midweek next week, a modest hit by horror blockbuster standards.

Amazon MGM’s faith-based “Sarah’s Oil” managed enough of a Thursday night and Friday to claim a $4.58 million opening weekend. It may turn out to have legs, but Zachary Levi’s not much of a draw and this doesn’t have Angel Studios behind it, urging people to buy extra tickets to ensure it’s a hit.

At least it’ll edge “Bugonia,” now in its third weekend of release and on track to earn less than $3.5.

“Bugonia” and Emma Stone and Jesse and Yorgos did not fend off Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, John Slattery and “Nuremberg,” which earned  $4 million. That star-studded cast might have produced an awards contender, but it didn’t. Reviews overall have been tepid.

Mubi, a relative newcomer to wide(ish) release competition, isn’t marketing its films well enough to move the needle. “Die My Love” has Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Sissy Spacek, with Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield and Nick Nolte and sold barely enough tickets to crack the top ten ($2.3). “The Mastermind” suffered a similar fate.

It’s challenging, and a bit of an indulgent wallow. But reviewers have cut it some slack.

Reach out to critics and get more of us early access and maybe your movie will open with a bigger splash. Parking J-Law on Graham Norton’s chat show sofa isn’t enough.

Work work work actress Sydney Sweeney has another title in theaters, the limited release“Christy,” which has her starring in the story of boxer Christy Martin. People might have gone to see it, but Black Bear releasing has even less marketing money than Mubi. Barely cleared  $1.3million and fell outside the top ten.

“Chainsaw Man”($3.6), “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” ($2.2) and the “Back to the Future” re-release got shoved out of the top five by the new titles. Only “Future” fell out of the top ten.