‘Bad Boys Ride or Die’ Domestic Box Office Blazes Past Expectations in Debut

The big picture

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die
  it exceeded box office expectations, opening with $56 million and garnering positive reviews.
• The success of the fourth installment is a redemption for the directors after the cancellation of their previous project.
• In the meantime,
  furious
  keep spinning its wheels and
  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  broke another record.

There's no telling what will and won't work at the box office this year, but Sony will heave a sigh of relief that Bad Boys: Ride or Die does not land in the same category as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga i The Fall Guy. starring Will Smith next to Martin Llorençthe fourth installment of the action-comedy franchise is beating the studio's conservative expectations of $30 million on its way to one of the most important debuts of the year. Bad Boys: Ride or Dieopened at $56 million in its first three days of release, giving a much-needed shot in the arm to a struggling market.

While that's not quite as impressive as the franchise's third installment's $62 million, Bad boys for lifegrossed in its opening weekend, it's important to note that the industry has changed enormously in the intervening years. Bad boys for life it was one of the last films to have an unchallenged run in theaters before the pandemic and grossed over $425 million worldwide. Since then, streaming has become very important and theater windows have been reduced. Audience tastes and preferences have also changed. Bad Boys: Ride or Die not only is it competing with other theatrical releases this weekend, but it's also going up against it Hit Manon Netflix.

But like its immediate predecessor, Bad Boys: Ride or Die it also garnered positive reviews. The film is located in the a “fresh” score of 64%. on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes and earned one impressive A- CinemaScore of the opening day crowd. The film's audience rating on RT is sitting at an incredible 97%, which means it could continue to play for several weeks. Produced on a reported budget of $100 million, Bad Boys: Ride or DieThe benchmark for success must be the transport of a lifetime Bad boys for lifewhich was also directed by Adil El Arbi i Bilal Fallah. This is redemption for them too; they come out of their DC superhero movie Batgirl to be unceremoniously neglected before release.

The summer box office has been struggling

Falling to number two in its third weekend, Sony's The Garfield Movie raised an estimated $10 million, taking his the national total comes to just under $70 million. Although the film doesn't quite perform at the level of the recent one Kung Fu Panda 4 and still hasn't collected half of that The Super Mario Bros. Movie made in just its first weekend, it is showing strong memories and will continue to attract audiences until Pixar's debut Inside out in a few days

Third place was claimed by Paramount's YES, which grossed an estimated $8 million in its fourth weekend. That brings the family film's domestic total to $93 million, which means it should be able to break the coveted $100 million mark next weekend. Written and directed by John Krasinski, YES has defied mixed reviews and a soft opening weekend to bounce back in grand fashion. Fourth place this weekend went to New Line's The Watchersdirected by the debutante Ishana Night Shyamalandaughter icon of the genre M. Night Shyamalan. But neither the critics nor the public response seems to be going in favor of the film. The Watchers debuted to an estimated $7 million in its opening weekend, continuing a woeful streak for studio horror releases this year. And its 29% RT rating and C-CinemaScore certainly don't bode well for the future.

The first five were completed by 20th Century Studios' Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the real blockbuster of the summer. The film grossed more than $5 million this weekend, its fifth, bringing its domestic total to just under $150 million. surpassing the $146 million lifetime ofWar of the Planet of the Apes. In doing so, the film also overachieved Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagawhich is now out of the top five just three weekends into its theatrical run. furiousit still hasn't crossed $60 millionka national level; it was produced on a budget of almost $170 million. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.