*To say Will Smith and Martin Lawrence‘s return to the screen in “Bad Boys for Life” is a bigger hit than expected would be a total understatement.
Deadline is saying that because the film’s better-than-anticipated Saturday hold of $21.8M, -9% from the Friday/previews number of $23.3M.
The site says those numbers catapulted “Bad Boys” to a $59.1M 3-day and $68.1M 4-day per Sony, and a $100M-plus worldwide start, which translates to a No. 1 position at the box office around the globe this weekend according to Sony.
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Here’s more via Deadline:
At $68M, that’s 70% more than the $40M+ projection that tracking was seeing earlier last week, and 36% above the $50M forecast that tracking had on Thursday. Some industry estimates believe Bad Boys for Life could clear $70M-$71M by EOD Monday.
Overall, stateside, Bad Boys for Life is the second-best MLK opener ever after American Sniper ($107.2M), and it’s the best opening ever for a Bad Boys movie. Bad Boys for Life is also a huge win here for indie Belgian filmmakers Adil and Bilall, whose Hollywood directing career just took off like a rocket this weekend.
And there’s this … “Bad Boys for Life” is also is the best opening of Lawrence’s career, besting the “Bad Boys II” start with $46.5M. As far as Smith, it’s his fifth-best domestic opening among 3-days, after “Suicide Squad” ($133.6M), “Aladdin” ($91.5M), “I Am Legend” ($77.2M) and “Hancock” ($62.6M).
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