Signaling his return to the limelight, Will Smith scored his first significant film success since the notorious Oscars incident with ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ premiering at the top of the North American box office,indicating that fans are prepared to embrace the actor once more.
The latest addition to Sony’s action-comedy franchise, the fourth‘Bad Boys’film, raked in an estimated $56 million (roughly R1.050 billion), according to industry observer Exhibitor Relations, marking a pivotal moment in Smith’s professional comeback following his altercation with Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards.
“Bad Boys is among the upper echelon of franchises and still has legs. The box office figures are truly impressive,” commented David A. Gross, an analyst from Franchise Entertainment Research.This box office victory is a refreshing change from Smith’s 2022 action flick‘Emancipation,’in which his portrayal of an escaped slave during the Civil War did not connect with the public and was a box office disappointment.
Internationally, the movie launched to a strong $104.6 million (about R1.960 billion) globally, with a remarkable debut weekend in North America.
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