A weekend full of wins has already been teed up for Sony’sBad Boys For Lifeas the next installment in the action franchise scores a $23.5 million domestic opening weekend. The thirdBad Boysfilm seesWill SmithandMartin Lawrencereprising their respective roles as Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett. The boys may be a little older, but that hasn’t deterred audiences from checking out this new release on Friday.
It’s been 17 years since we’ve gotten aBad Boysmovie (the last installment was 2003’sBad Boys II) so it feels only natural that fans of the franchise would hustle back into theaters this weekend to catch up with Smith and Lawrence. Opening in 3,775 theaters nationwide,Bad Boys For Lifeaveraged $6,225 per theater. It should be noted a portion of that $23.5 million is from previews, whereBad Boys For Lifeearned $6.4 million domesticon Thursday night. Not too shabby for a franchise that has been on hiatus for nearly two decades, don’t you think? If the latestBad Boysmovie keeps this up, it will likely have be the movie with the second best Martin Luther King Jr. weekend ever, coming behind 2014’sAmerican Sniper($107.2 million domestic).
Fellow MLK weekend new releaseDolittlescooped up $6.3 million domestic on its Friday opening with $925,000 of that total earned in Thursday previews. The film, which starsRobert Downey Jr.as the popular veterinarian who can talk to his animal charges, has been bogged down by critical reviews across the board. As such, it was unclear just how big a factor the negative reviews would factor in, especially since Downey Jr. — an audience favorite whose first post-MCU role is in this movie — was leading the charge.Dolittleopened in 4,155 theaters nationwide and averaged $1,516 per theater.
The rest of Friday top five at the box office are (in order):1917,Jumanji: The Next Level, andStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.1917was the champ just one weekend ago and now it has slipped to number three with $6.2 million domestic earned on Friday. That represents a 56% dip since last week with the picture averaging $1,717 per theater across 3,612 theaters. Still holding on from early December in the number four spot isJumanji: The Next Level, which dipped 35% down to $2.2 million domestic. And, despitecrossing the $1 billion worldwidethreshold earlier this week,The Rise of Skywalkeris at number five with $2 million earned domestically.
For more on this weekend’s new releases, check out our reviews ofBad Boys For LifeandDolittle.
Bad Boys For Life
$23,500,000
$6,300,000
$6,200,000
$60,816,984
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
$2,175,000
$263,087,975
Rise of Skywalker
$1,978,000
$485,623,801
