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Bad Boys

1995 • R • 1h 59m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Sony Pictures

Whatcha gonna do?

🍅 46% 78% MC 41 LB 3.31 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$15.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$65.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$141.2M
$75.6M international
Domestic Legs4.2x
Budget$23M
1995 Rank#22
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Cast & Crew

Full Bay filmography
Michael Bay Michael Bay Director Martin Lawrence Martin Lawrence Starring Will Smith Will Smith Starring Téa Leoni Téa Leoni Starring Tchéky Karyo Tchéky Karyo Starring Theresa Randle Theresa Randle Starring
ScreenplayMichael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Doug Richardson Story byGeorge Gallo Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer CinematographyHoward Atherton Music byMark Mancina StudioSony Pictures SeriesBad Boys
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 7-9 1 $15.5M — 2,132 $7,281 $15.5M
2 Apr 14-16 1 $11.0M −29.0% 2,132 $5,167 $32.5M
3 Apr 21-23 2 $7.0M −36.3% 2,132 $3,289 $44.1M
4 Apr 28-30 3 $4.3M −38.5% 2,132 $2,023 $50.2M
5 May 5-7 4 $2.9M −32.4% 2,103 $1,386 $54.4M
6 May 12-14 6 $2.0M −31.2% 1,865 $1,075 $57.3M
7 May 19-21 9 $1.3M −37.1% 1,460 $864 $59.3M
8 May 26-28 15 $802.2K −36.4% 615 $1,304 $60.5M
9 Jun 2-4 22 $261.3K −67.4% 384 $680 $60.8M
10 Jun 9-11 25 $166.9K −36.1% 278 $600 $61.1M
11 Jun 16-18 36 $85.6K −48.7% 201 $426 $61.2M
12 Jun 23-25 44 $55.0K −35.8% 150 $366 $61.3M
13 Jun 30-Jul 2 13 $755.1K +1,274.2% 594 $1,271 $62.0M
14 Jul 7-9 14 $606.8K −19.6% 550 $1,103 $63.1M
15 Jul 14-16 19 $509.2K −16.1% 454 $1,122 $63.9M
16 Jul 21-23 23 $316.6K −37.8% 328 $965 $64.5M
17 Jul 28-30 29 $212.9K −32.8% 255 $835 $64.9M
18 Aug 4-6 33 $141.3K −33.6% 180 $785 $65.1M
19 Aug 11-13 37 $118.3K −16.3% 144 $821 $65.3M
20 Aug 18-20 43 $67.6K −42.8% 88 $768 $65.5M
21 Aug 25-27 49 $31.6K −53.3% 40 $789 $65.6M
22 Sep 1-3 55 $31.0K −1.7% 34 $913 $65.6M
23 Sep 8-10 55 $20.2K −34.8% 25 $809 $65.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $166.9K
$15.5M
$11.0M
$7.0M
$4.3M
$2.9M
$2.0M
$1.3M
$802.2K
$261.3K
$166.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.1%
−29.0%
W1→2
−36.3%
W2→3
−38.5%
W3→4
−32.4%
W4→5
−31.2%
W5→6
−37.1%
W6→7
−36.4%
W7→8
−67.4%
W8→9
−36.1%
W9→10
Steepest −67.4%Best hold −29.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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