Will Smith pointing an assault rifle on a dock while Martin Lawrence stands next to him in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
The Big Picture After a disappointing couple of weeks, the domestic box office is looking to rebound in grand fashion this weekend with the release of Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The fourth installment of the blockbuster action-comedy franchise is poised to over-perform in its debut weekend, having earned $21 million on Friday. Around $5.9 million of this total came from Thursday previews.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die comes four years after the massively successful Bad Boys For Life, which emphatically re-launched the franchise mere weeks before the pandemic altered the industry forever. That movie grossed over $425 million worldwide after a $62 million debut, and received mostly positive reviews for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s energetic direction.
Sony will also claim second place this weekend, with The Garfield Movie looking to generate around $10 million after grossing $2.8 million on its third Friday. This represents a soft 26% drop, as the movie continues to draw family audiences well into its theatrical run. The Garfield Movie has grossed over $60 million domestically so far, and will come within touching distance of the $70 million mark by Sunday.
The Domestic Box Office Is Bouncing Back After a Disappointing Start to the Summer Close New Line opened debutante director Ishana Night Shayamalan’s The Watchers in third place; Ishana is the daughter of genre legend M. Night Shayamalan. The horror movie grossed around $3 million on Friday, and is eying around $7 million in its first three days of release. It’s a soft debut, but reviews have been terrible, and this hasn’t been the best year for horror so far.
The fourth and fifth spots were claimed by holdovers IF, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. John Krasinski’s family film is continuing to display incredible holds, weeks into its theatrical run. IF will pass the $90 million mark by Sunday after grossing $2.3 million on its fourth Friday; hitting the $100 million mark is all but guaranteed at this point. The summer’s biggest hit, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is eying $5.5 million in its fifth weekend, after having made $1.
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