“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” had the second-best opening of the summer season so far, nearly overtaking the strong debut of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
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The fourth installment in the “Bad Boys” movie franchise blew studio and analyst expectations out of the water with a $56 million opening weekend, giving it the second-best opening of the season so far and delivering a much-needed jolt to a so-far-sleepy summer box office.Key Facts
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth film in a franchise that first started with the 1995 release of “Bad Boys,” grossed $56 million domestically in its opening weekend, multiple outlets reported, almost twice as much as Sony’s $30 million internal expectation and still well above industry estimates of $45 million to $50 million.
The movie didn’t break franchise records (“Bad Boys for Life” opened to $62.5 million in 2020) but is the second-best opening in the series, a rarity for the fourth film in a franchise.
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has already outpaced its $100 million budget at the global box office (it grossed $104.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend).
“The Garfield Movie” was the second-best performing film of the weekend with $10 million, followed by “IF” in the No. 3 spot with an $8 million gross and M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, “The Watchers,” wth $7 million, lower than its $12 million to $20 million opening weekend expectation.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”—the only summer film to have better box office sales than “Bad Boys” in its opening weekend so far this summer with an initial $58.
