Summary
Bad Boys: Ride or Diedominates VOD charts following its theatrical success. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the latest installment in theBad Boysfranchise features Will Smith and Martin Lawrence back as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, respectively, this time to clear their late captain’s name as part of a larger criminal conspiracy.Bad Boys: Ride or Diereviewsmay have been somewhat lukewarm, but the film has been a major success commercially. The hit sequel arrived on VOD platforms on July 23.
New data fromIndieWirenow reveals thatBad Boys: Ride or Diewas the top-performing VOD movie on iTunes on July 29, and on Fandango at Home for the week of July 22 – 28. The hit action sequel beats the likes ofCivil War,Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, andHorizon: An American Saga, among other titles. Check out the full top 10 lists below, with iTunes ranking by number of transactions, while Fandango at Home ranks by revenue:
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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Twister
Smith made headlines in 2022 when he took to the stage at that year’s Oscars ceremony and slapped host Chris Rock over a joke made at his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s, expense. The moment was shocking and Smith became, for a time, persona non grata in Hollywood. Slowly, however, burnt bridges were mended and Smith took on new projects and filmed existing ones, one of which wasBad Boys: Ride or Die.
Not Even Bad Boys 5 Will Break One Will Smith Record, Despite New $1 Billion Milestone
Despite how lucrative the Bad Boys franchise has become, not even a fifth film installment would help break one big Will Smith box office record.
2020’sBad Boys For Lifewas a hit, but there was a question mark over the latest sequel regarding how willing audiences would be to embrace Smith as a movie star again.Bad Boys: Ride or Die’s box office gross of $395.3 million worldwide and itsRotten Tomatoesaudience score of 97% have now confirmed, however, that most people outside of Hollywood don’t much care about Smith’s Oscars indiscretion. Made on a budget of $100 million, the film’s box office performance cements Smith’s movie star status and paints a promising picture for aprospectiveBad Boys 5.
IfBad Boys: Ride or Diehad tanked at the box office, things would’ve looked more worrying for Smith, but it seems that the actor will remain a box office draw for the foreseeable future. The sequel’s success also bodes well for theupcomingI Am Legend 2, which Smith is set to star in alongside Michael B. Jordan. While 2022 was evidently a setback for Smith,Bad Boys: Ride or Diesuggests that audiences are willing to let bygones be bygones.
Cast
Bad Boys: Ride or Die continues the action-packed saga of Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett. The film follows the duo as they face new threats and personal challenges, blending intense action scenes with the camaraderie fans have come to love in the Bad Boys series.
