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Box-Office Weekend: Bad Boys for Life on Top

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

This weekend saw a new film take control of the weekend box office as Bad Boys for Life and Dolittle both debuted this weekend in the first and second positions of the countdown, respectively. The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence sequel brought in $59.2 million, easily besting second-place finisher Dolittle which managed a $22.5 million weekend debut.

Right on Dolittle’s heels was last week’s top film, 1917, which took in $22.1 million and now boasts a four-week total of $76.8 million. Meanwhile, Jumanji: The Next Level dropped to fourth place with a $9.6 million over the weekend, which now gives the film a six-week total of $270.5 million. Falling all the way to fifth place from second last week was Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker as it added $8.4 million to give it a five-week total of $492.0 million.

Just Mercy gave away only one spot as it finished in sixth place this weekend earning $6.0 million and raising its four-week tally to $19.6 million. Also falling one spot was Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, which added $5.9 million over the weekend to give the film a four-week total of $84.4 million. Similarly dropping a spot in this weekend’s top ten was Knives Out, which finished in eighth place this weekend with $4.3 million. Plummeting to ninth place from fourth was the comedy Like a Boss, which took in $3.8 million to give it a two-week total of $16.9 million.

Finally, the tenth spot in this weekend’s top ten belongs to Frozen II, which managed to bring in $3.7 million in its ninth weekend of release and raise its domestic total so far to $464.9 million.

The horror/drama Underwater left the top ten, only sporting a $7.0 million showing over the weekend, which gives the film a disappointing two-week total of $12.8 million, while the animated comedy Spies in Disguise managed to take in $5.2 million over the weekend despite dropping from the top ten, the film now sports a four-week total of $58.4 million.

Next weekend will feature a couple new releases, including the horror film The Turning and the action/adventure film The Gentlemen from director Guy Ritchie.

Weekend Box Office (January 10th – January 12th)

  1. Bad Boys for Life…$59.2 Million
  2. Dolittle…$22.5 Million
  3. 1917…$22.1 Million
  4. Jumanji: The Next Level…$9.6 Million
  5. Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker…$8.4 Million
  6. Just Mercy…$6.0 Million
  7. Little Women…$5.9 Million
  8. Knives Out…$4.3 Million
  9. Like a Boss…$3.8 Million
  10. Frozen II…$3.7 Million

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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