Will Smith and Martin Lawrence proved that Bad Boys are indeed for life as the long-delayed third installment of the Bad Boys franchise, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, raked in an impressive season $68.4 million dollars for its first four days (and $59 million for Fri-Sun). That's reportedly almost double what expectations were. As Deadline notes, Bad Boys for Life now holds the second best MLK weekend opening ever, behind 2014's American Sniper. Bad Boys for Life is also "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, garnering mostly positive reviews from critics. Our own review even called it an outrageous sequel "you'll likely love." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/bad-boys-for-life-review"] Meanwhile, Universal didn't manage to crawl out of the Cats-size hole they found themselves in over the holidays as Dolittle fizzled out slightly with second place and an estimated $30.6 million for the four-day weekend. It's not a terrible debut, but it's certainly not what the studio was hoping for given the $160-$175 million budget and Robert Downey Jr. as the headliner. Industry experts think the film might do okay in the end, but will it do well enough to launch the franchise Universal was hoping for? Dolittle, unlike Bad Boys for Life, has also been panned pretty hard by critics. It received a "3" from us and was labeled a "disastrous mess." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/15/dolittle-review"]
North American Box Office Estimates
1917 continued to ride high off the spoils of great reviews and earned awards, trailing only slightly behind Dolittle. After that it was Jumanji: The Next Level and Episode IX filling out the Top 5. Just Mercy stayed strong in its second week, barely dropping by much, pulling in $6 million for sixth place. Here are the Top 10 North American box office estimates for the (3-Day) weekend (via Box Office Mojo)
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North American Box Office Estimates
1917 continued to ride high off the spoils of great reviews and earned awards, trailing only slightly behind Dolittle. After that it was Jumanji: The Next Level and Episode IX filling out the Top 5. Just Mercy stayed strong in its second week, barely dropping by much, pulling in $6 million for sixth place. Here are the Top 10 North American box office estimates for the (3-Day) weekend (via Box Office Mojo)
- 1. Bad Boys for Life 59,175,000
- 2. Dolittle $22,530,000
- 3. 1917 $22,140,000
- 4. Jumanji: The Next Level $9,565,000
- 5. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $8,374,000
- 6. Just Mercy $6,000,000
- 7. Little Women $5,910,000
- 8. Knives Out $4,300,000
- 9. Like a Boss $3,840,000
- 10. Frozen 2 $3,717,000
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