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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence returned to the top of the box office, with Bad Boys: Ride Or Die dominating the competition. The fourth film in the action franchise claimed the #1 spot with a $56 million gross. That’s a strong start for the film, surpassing the $50 million gross that was expected heading into the weekend.

It’s the second-highest start for the series, behind only Bad Boys For Life’s $62.5 million opening in January of 2020. The opening is a welcome one for the box office, repping the best start for a film since Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opened to $58.



4 million a month ago and the fifth-highest start of 2024. The opening comes thanks to a dearth of strong competition and solid buzz; while Ride Or Die’s critic average is just “fine” at a 64% aggregated score on Rotten Tomatoes, the word of mouth has been exceptional with a 97% RT audience rating and an A- CinemaScore. There was some speculation as to whether Ride Or Die would be affected by Will Smith’s infamous Oscar slap, but that is obviously not the case.

Audiences have clearly moved past that, at least in terms of keeping them from going to the box office, and anticipation was pretty strong for this film. It’s also performing well overseas where it has $48.6 million in 60 markets with a few still left to go for $104.

6 million worldwide. Ride Or Die is well primed to be a hit at this point, even against a $100 million budget. The film ran very similar in holds throughout the weekend t.

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