‘Bad Boys 4’ Gives Box Office a Boost With $53 Million Opening

Sony/Columbia’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has overcome fears that it could be consumed by the slump that the box office has been in for all of May, earning $21.6 million from 3,885 locations as it plots a course for a $53 million opening weekend.

While down from the $62 million 3-day opening of “Bad Boys For Life” in January 2020, exhibitors and rival distributors were split on whether this fourth installment of the buddy cop action series would be able to meet initial projections of a $45-50 million opening. Some exhibitors told TheWrap they were concerned about weaker presales, while some rival studio sources believed the film would shrug that off with solid walk-up traffic.