Providing some effective counter-programming in its second weekend with Pixar’s Inside Out 2 dominating the global box office, Sony’s R-rated Bad Boys: Ride or Die delivered spectacular holds across the world. The movie passed important milestones both domestically and worldwide, as it demonstrated star Will Smith’s Teflon-coated goodwill. Bad Boys: Ride or Die is Smith’s first theatrical release since his altercation with comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars a couple of years ago, which got him banned from The Academy for a decade.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die grossed around $33 million domestically this weekend, which represents a stellar 41% drop. This takes the film’s running domestic total to $112 million, while its international haul now stands at $102 million, representing a cumulative global tally of $214 million. Bad Boys: Ride or Die was reportedly produced on a budget of $100 million, which it recovered in its opening weekend itself. This past week, the long-running action-comedy franchise took its combined global box office revenue past the $1 billion mark.
The ‘Bad Boys’ Franchise Has Grossed Over $1 Billion Worldwide
| Bad Boys Movies | Global Box Office |
|---|---|
| Bad Boys | $141 million |
| Bad Boys II | $273 million |
| Bad Boys for Life | $426 million |
| Bad Boys: Ride or Die | $214 million (and counting) |
The third film, Bad Boys for Life, remains the series’ top-grossing installment, with a lifetime haul of around $425 million. The movie successfully re-introduced the franchise to a new generation of audiences and narrowly escaped having its theatrical run cut short by the pandemic. Directed by the Belgian duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Bad Boys for Life scored mostly positive reviews, as has Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Also directed by Adil & Bilall — that’s how they’re billed on screen — the movie currently sits at a “fresh” 64% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.
