USA box office: Bad Boys rocked. Summer has finally arrived in movie theaters

According to the latest estimates, Bad Boys: Ride or Die has grossed as much as $100 million 56 million dollars. Pre-premiere expectations were around 40 million, and the biggest optimists gave the film around 50 million. That’s how it is Second best opening of the summer (He remains the record holder “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”Which was launched last month for $58.4 million.

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After a string of box office disappointments, the release of “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has awakened the industry’s hope that this year’s summer will not be entirely lost. This hope blinds some to the harsh realities. Viewers went exclusively to watch Sony’s show. The second film, “Garfield,” which took second place over the weekend, earned only $10 million. For comparison, last year two films grossed more than $55 million.

It is also worth noting that Part III “Bad boys” (which arrived in theaters less than two months before the shutdown) had a better start — $62.5 million. However, the $56 million is the amount from not only the weekend itself, but also from the Thursday prelims and specials that the networks have been organizing for some time.

Second grandmother – “Watchers” Unfortunately, the trend of summer disappointments continues this year. The film grossed $7 million. Although its cost was not high ($30 million), paid streaming would be necessary for the studio to break even.

Fortunately, Warner has other reasons to be happy. The special event is the return of the trilogy “Lord of the rings” To cinemas, it attracted a large number of viewers. Fans enjoyed versions of films that had never before been shown on the big screen: because they were Expanded and enhanced releases in 2020 in 4K Ultra HD.

“Fellowship of the Ring” It hit theaters on June 8 and grossed $2.4 million. A day later they appeared “Two towers” It raised $1.9 million. “The Return of the King” It is scheduled to hit theaters on June 10.

US box office June 7-9

^{* Opening result from the same weekend}

Everyone hopes that viewers will stay in cinemas longer. Pixar’s animation should help with this “Inside Out 2”Which will hit the big screens on Friday. The new A24 model will also be widely distributed “Tuesday”. This movie probably won’t make any money. Last weekend I earned 25.7 thousand PLN only in two cinemas. dollar.