It’s been nearly a decade since the dreadlocks-sporting aliens known as the Predators have been on the big screen, and this weekend they returned with a modest box office take. Early estimates suggests Shane Black’s The Predator may not be a record for the franchise, but at the very least they are in the top of the charts.

It’s still possible that The Predator could set a high opening weekend for the film but right now it looks like the new movie is going to have to settle for second place behind Nimrod Antal’s Predators from 2010, which pulled in $24.8 million in its first three days. It should be noted that this doesn’t include the xenomorph crossovers, as Alien vs. Predator made $38.3 million back in 2004. All together it’s not great when you consider that the estimates suggested that the new film would make between $25 and $50 million – which is a pretty big range to fall out of.

Given that Predator should be a standout brand for Fox, this performance probably won’t elate the filmmakers or the studio. The movie was pushed around the release schedule (it was originally supposed to be released in February), and underwent heavy re-shoots – neither of which helped in terms of its popularity. It got a showy premiere with a midnight debut earlier this month at the Toronto Film Festival, but reviews haven’t been overly kind, and, according to CinemaScore the audience response was poor (it received a “C+” grade). It will likely find its own cult audience in the years ahead, but ultimately it’s reported $88 million budget before marketing is going to look high compared to what it makes domestically.

Taking some attention away from The Predator this weekend were two other new releases – though they were also kind of all over the map in terms of reception and box office takes.

Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor was definitely the film with the best reviews to hit theaters this weekend, and managed to hit eight figures and nab third place.

Meanwhile, Yann Demange’s White Boy Rick is on a path to make back its $29 million budget, after a fourth place start.