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Predator

“Soon the hunt will begin.”

19871h 47m★ 7.6

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

IMDB
Share:
7.6/10
Rating
9,678
Votes
$15.0M
Budget
$98.3M
Revenue

In the Series

How Predator compares

Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Predator, not taken from this film’s own record.

#3 of 6
Rank in the series by rating

Predator (1987) ranks 3rd of the 6 rated films in the Predator series, at 7.6/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.9/10.

The first film
Where it sits in the series

It is the film that started the series, 38 years before the most recent entry, Predator: Badlands (2025).

27%
Share of the series audience

Its 9,679 TMDB ratings are 27% of the 36,004 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.

Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Predator, comparing all 6 released films in the series. Last recalculated November 2026.

Part of a Franchise

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