Bad Boys: Ride or Die revives the summer box office - and Will Smith's comeback - with a strong $56 million By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:41, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 00:48, 10 June 2024 e-mail View comments Sony's highly-anticipated sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die helped revitalize a sagging summer box office - and helped usher in Will Smith 's comeback. The fourth installment of the Bad Boys movie franchise opened with a strong $56 million, via Deadline .
The sequel locked in the highest debut for an R-rated movie since Oppenheimer opened to $82.3 million last July. Many were worried about the summer box office prospects when The Fall Guy came in far under projections but that was not the case for Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
It not only bested its most recent projections of $40 million but also the initial tracking which brought it in at $50 million. Sony's highly-anticipated sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die helped revitalize a sagging summer box office - and helped usher in Will Smith 's comeback The fourth installment of the Bad Boys movie franchise opened with a strong $56 million, via Deadline The film opened in 3,885 theaters this weekend, and earned a strong $14,414 per-screen average for its box office debut. It also fared well in foreign markets, with an international debut of $48.
6 million for a worldwide debut of $104.6 million from a reported $100 million budget. The debut is just below its predecessor, 2020's Bad Boys For Life, which opened to $62.
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