“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” opened with $56 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The latest entry in the series of buddy cop films once again stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, and was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Its weekend total was far ahead of “The Garfield Movie,” which grossed $10 million in its third week of release, Comscore reported.
The fantasy film “IF” was third with $8 million Friday through Sunday in its fourth week.
“The Watchers,” a horror film directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of director M. Night Shyamalan, opened with $7 million.
Fifth place went to “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which took in another $5.4 million in its fifth week.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” ($4.2 million), “The Fall Guy” ($2.7 million), “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” ($2.4 million), “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” ($1.9 million) and “The Strangers: Chapter 1” ($1.8 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $103.5 million. The year-to-date total is $2.825 billion — down 26% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.