{"id":11642,"date":"2020-02-03T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=11642"},"modified":"2020-02-03T17:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T01:52:35","slug":"box-office-insider-bad-boys-for-life-wins-super-bowl-weekend-over-the-rhythm-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-bad-boys-for-life-wins-super-bowl-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: \u2018Bad Boys for Life\u2019 Wins Super Bowl Weekend Over ‘The Rhythm Section’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week on <\/span>Atom Insider<\/span>, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week,<\/span> Bad Boys for Life <\/span><\/i>hit a financial triple (or field goal?), while newcomers <\/span>The Rhythm Section <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Gretel & Hansel<\/span><\/i> failed to make the Top 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Top Earner (For The Third Weekend In A Row)\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Bad Boys For Life\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The Bad Boys have been having a good time at the box office. Thanks to strong legs, the action-comedy maintained its top spot with $17.6 million domestically, which is almost double the #2 film of the week, <\/span>1917<\/span><\/i>. Sony Pictures has reason to celebrate because <\/span>Bad Boys for Life <\/span><\/i><\/a>is getting close to $300 million worldwide against an estimated budget of $90 million. Too bad they can\u2019t call the next one <\/span>Bad Boys 4 Life<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office<\/span><\/h2>\n

1917 <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Dolittle <\/span><\/i>ran in place this past weekend in the #2 and #3 spots, with each film from Universal showing solid performance and low percentage drops as we enter February. When it comes to this week\u2019s new wide releases, <\/span>Gretel & Hansel <\/span><\/i><\/a>(United Artists) managed to outperform <\/span>The Rhythm Section <\/span><\/i><\/a>(Paramount) by landing at #4 with $6 million domestically. Good thing the horror fantasy only has a reported budget of just $5 million, as it lives or dies depending on how you feel about director Oz Perkins’ style<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, <\/span>The Rhythm Section <\/span><\/i>didn\u2019t exactly kill with audiences<\/a>. The assassin drama made just $2.8 million in over 3,000 theaters, which is the worst opening for a wide release in quite a while. That number puts the film at #10 below <\/span>The Gentlemen <\/span><\/i>(STX), <\/span>Jumanji: The Next Level <\/span><\/i>(Sony), <\/span>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker <\/span><\/i>(Disney), <\/span>The Turning <\/span><\/i>(Universal), and <\/span>Little Women <\/span><\/i>(Sony). Due to its reported budget of $50 million, <\/span>The Rhythm Section <\/span><\/i>could be the first major flop of 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

And They\u2019re Out<\/span><\/h2>\n

Only two films fell off the Top 10 this week. First up is <\/span>Knives Out<\/span><\/i> (Lionsgate), which is finally winding down its incredible 10-week run at the box office at #11. Rian Johnson\u2019s murder mystery thriller made $290.5 million worldwide\u2014with over half that number counting as domestic\u2014and it only cost an estimated $40 million to make. If you were hoping to see Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc solving even more mind-bending puzzles, you might just be in luck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last is <\/span>Just Mercy <\/span><\/i>(Warner Bros), which fell three spots to #12 after six weeks at the box office as a limited release initially before going wider in early January. The legal drama starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan was a modest moneymaker\u2014it earned $37.3 million\u2014but we don\u2019t know for sure if the budget was low enough to make this one profitable for the studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for this weekend. Check back with Atom Insider next week as we recap all the newest releases vying for the top of the box office.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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