Bad Boys Has Bigger Opening Than Expected 

As a black person, i can confidently say that we were never gonna cancel will smith and most definitely NOT for chris rock 😂

Man imma be real. Us black people dont really care about the slap. We not gonna skip seeing Will and Martin on screen because of a slap. They are TOO ICONIC to our culture. Ive really only heard ppl of other races saying they cancelling Will. We understand and know Will was wrong, but we NOT cancelling Will. Cleary the box office proved it wasnt just Black folks who STILL LOVE WILL

This man really said Rush Hour 1 wasn't good. Just stop.

It's another example of how film nerds don't always have a pulse on what the masses are interested in going to the movies to watch. I had more interest in going to see Bad Boys than I ever did Furiosa or Fall guy.

Yea, people seriously underestimate how much black folks love Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and love this franchise. That's what boosted these numbers

Will smith is one of the last real movie stars. He will never be canceled

People boycotting Will Smith were never going to watch his movies in the first place. Slapping a man for insulting one's wife is not only forgivable, it's close to home for anyone who loves their spouse.

Will Smith is making a comeback.. Life goes on. Bad Boys Continues

The whole slap thing is now only a social media thing. No one actually cares. I saw the video of Smith interacting with moviegoers after surprising them after having watched the film with them in secret, and it’s clear that he’s still a movie star. The guy oozes charisma.

The marketing for this movie was great, and the two stars put the work with an extensive media tour, that played a huge part

I'm from India and as a non-white or black person, I didn't agree with Will Smith's actions at the Oscars then and I think he apologized enough and looking back he's pretty embarrassed too. But It's been over two years, Who cares now. He's a good genuine guy who made a mistake and paid for it. Now forget about it and move on. Also, it's not just his movie. It's Martin's too. People love Martin Lawrence and I like him too. And It's a good movie and the Box Office needs them right now.

I’m a black man & speaking on behalf of most of the black community, we never cared that much about the slap. Yes it was dumb but Hollywood overreacted & that whole situation was completely overblown. Black people were never going to cancel him for smacking another grown ass man. WE DON’T CARE. Anyone else who hasn’t gotten over it needs to grow up & get a reality check. People get smacked everyday & walk away just fine. And this box office proved that most people in the world don’t care about that stupid smack anymore. We still love & support Will Smith. If you disagree sorry not sorry, it’s the truth & clearly Will Smith didn’t need your support the movie did just great with or without your money 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

A slap in the face to anyone who thought Will Smith wouldn't be able to open big with a movie ever again!

I've never critizied Will Smith for the slap there are those actors who done WAY worse then Will did yet they still hate him for it, I love Will and will watch anything he's in and I loved Emancipation and I hope he does another Bad Boys

Will is human. He made a mistake. He’s still a legend and will always have support from us. The movie is great! And it’s a phenomenal franchise overall!!

You industry folks need to get outside your bubble. Not one Black person outside of the industry gave AF about "the slap"

It's simple. Put Will Smith in a good movie and people will show up. And that's a testament to his star power and appeal. Because it's clearly not as simple as put Ryan Gosling in a good movie and people will show up... because they evidently won't. Will is still up there with Denzel, Leo and Tom when it comes to stars who can put butts in seats off their names alone.

The slap has nothing to do with people going to see the movie. Y’all need to let it go people have!!!

People talking about Will Smith but you also forgetting he’s not the only one that made bad boy it’s Martin Lawrence people are going to see Martin Lawrence too as well

I still find it laughable that people cared about slap or thought it would impede will's career. The black community outside of hollywood saw that as nothing

Rush Hour is a classic. 🤷🏾‍♂️

If people can still love/like Trump, you can still love/like Will Smith. I'm going to watch the movie again.

Demographics on your fan base may miscue perception on will smith . Me being black and majority of black Americans moved on from the will smith incident after it happened. Especially when Chris rock retaliated on his comedy special lol black audience came out and supported this film.

I love Will Smith. He had a moment of weakness, happens to all of us. He's paid dearly lol. In my eyes he's still a movie star!!!!

so much for "movie fatigue" seems like if it's a movie people want to see they'll go out and watch...

People still bringing that slap up is just crazy. Move on!

Don’t forget about Martin Lawrence!! People love him and are glad to see him back on screen!

Dave Chapelle quote : That’s why I don’t judge between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Because you guys look at them as big ideas, but I look at them as fellow dreamers. I can’t judge between them, because I see myself in both of them. I am Will Smith. I am the man that cannot take it anymore, and will slap the sh*t out of the next person that says a cross word to me, or somebody that I love. And I am Chris Rock. I am the man that can get slapped, in front of the whole world, and keep my composure, so I don’t fck anything up. That is what men do.

Saying Rush Hour 1 was terrible is wild. Wtaf?

Oh! So I saw this Saturday night, it was one of the most fun movie going experiences I’ve had lately. I couldn’t believe how packed the parking lot, lines, and my theater were. Movie goers aren’t dead. We just want old school, fun, summer blockbusters like we used to have.

Bad Boys is just a dope franchise.

To say Rush Hour 4 wouldn't make money is insane 😂😂😂😂

Happy for Will Smith.. Bad Boys will never die

Put Will Smith in a good movie, and black ppl will show up. Don’t sleep on our love for Martin either. You can go over any black person’s house on a random night and they are watching old episodes and laughing like its brand new. Finally, you crazy about Rush Hour. Starting with Rush Hour 1. It’s a classic.

it has been 2 years since the incident & both Will and Chris has made peace with it all. Will is still a great actor with a lot of charisma. People who continue to rag on him for something that doesn't even concern them (it was between Will & Chris) should really go out & touch grass.

Everybody Hates Chris😂😂

Big Willie Weekend is back and in full effect!

Saw it sunday afternoon, my theater was packed, and just about everybody responded to the action scenes with applause. There are more people who have moved on from the slap than those who have not.

Took my parents to see it Saturday night cause they’re huge bad boy fans. My dad hasn’t been to the theatre in 20 years. Great fun film. They loved it

That slap was hilarious. That was the most entertaining thing to happen at the Oscars in years.

Never hated Will Smith and never will I even saw the slap live and still didn’t hate him I was disappointed maybe but still a fan

I'll say it again the energy and focus Campea put on this compared to Ezra Miller was absolutely ridiculous.

I wish and want RUSH HOUR 4 NEXT .

Best thing about the success....regardless of the those still acting like Chris Rock is a family member & swearing to never see another Will Smith film. It doesn't matter; those that still love him as an ACTOR will support great films!! & Numbers don't lie!!

Campea is bugging. Rush Hour 4 is gonna make money. Also, thinking that Rush Hour 1 is anything other than a banger is crazy!!!

I love seeing all the butt hurt people still mad at Will, lmao the people have spoken we don’t give a damn about that slap 👋 The movie was fucking awesome

Whoever grew up watching Fresh Prince or Martin or any of the past Bad Boy movies was going to see this regardless....nobody really cared about that slap or the Oscars for that matter.....social media just amplifies irrelevant voices.

Happy for Will Smith. Proves a lot of naysayers wrong. Proved his staying power as a box office star. First movie I’ve been to post pandemic where every seat was filled and the crowd reactions were immense.

It was bad what Will Smith did. But a slap was never going to stop me watching it

I enjoyed it. Bad Boys 4 showed Will Smith still has star power to bring in a box office hit, which other studios were watching for, especially WB with I Am Legend 2 in development.

No one gives a shit about that slap. The reason why its doing good is because is classic action movie like we had in 90s-2000s and their is no heavy handed message. Just mkae fun...good movies.

I never cared bout the slap. People get slapped everyday B no big deal. Its just a slap

Never doubt the star power of will smith he and Tom cruise are the last movie stars of this generation

The success of this movie is a result of the massive marketing campaign they did on social media, especially with a number of influencers to penetrate into the Gen Z market. The clip with Will Smith wearing the camera rig during the Gun fight scene got me hyped up!

The black community care more about the Jada situation as a whole more than the slap.

As an Original Bad Boys fan - saw it in theatres, 1st rated R movie I saw. I can confidenetly say that theyre gonna turn this thing into the Fast and Furious Franchise in terms of how many they put out, and im not exactly against that lol

Bad boys "Slapped" all the critics😂😂

Younger generation don't care we still love Will Smith lol

I think people haven’t forgotten about the slap but the love of the bad boys franchise overrides that.

Martin Lawrence shouldn’t suffer for Will Smith’s stupidity. Plus the comedic chemistry of Bad Boys is why the movie did well. If it was any other Will Smith vehicle, it would’ve bombed. Bad Boys is already an established franchise because it was as much Martin’s movie as it is Will’s.

Don’t sleep on Martin Lawrence. He is also a big draw for people to see this movie.

This video made me understand why the scene where Martin slaps the hell out of Will at the end of the film made people laugh so much. It also goes to show, that yes, real fans have gotten over the Oscar situation. Let the man be. He is still Will Smith, and he is still awesome.

I think this goes to show when you make a movie and keep the story line intact the fans will ride or die with the franchise unlike star wars they catered to the core base and won

9:10 Bad Boys > Rush Hour … is a take

So happy for this success goes well for theaters all together.

I need a movie with will smith and Tom cruise together

Who cares about the slap!!! I don’t like Chris Rock anyway

"We ride together, we die together. Bad Boys for Life"- (2003) I'm a fan of the Bad Boys Franchise. I feel good particularly for the filmmakers who deserve a break. I can't wait to see this.

I saw the movie yesterday, and had a great time. Will Smith made one stupid mistake, emphasis on the word ONE. Where some of us made plenty……..that the world doesn’t even know about. It’s like what Tony Baker said on his RU-vid channel about people no longer wanting to support Will Smith, as if they’re personal friends with Chris Rock……”calm down”. 🤣

It was awesome! Probably one of the best movies I've seen this year! Great movie to just sit back and enjoy the ride! Loved it!

If anything, Jada is the one people ended up hating lol.

The power of the black dollar showed again the value we have and numbers showed why this movie made the money it did

I got over the slap immediately lol. He was having a rough night, people are human. The million other slaps around the world that night went unnoticed. Sucks to be famous sometimes.

"Keep my wives name out ya fucking mouth" that was hilarious. Funny and historic moment.

I agree that they should stay away from the TOO silly. Bad Boys is best when it balances both the serious and silly

People who can't move on have a problem. "Angry black Maning" Will Smith is ludicrous.

I guess when you put out a movie audiences want to see they show up.

Thats great to hear,,,hope all the jokers can get off Will's back now....bitchin about a stupid slap that even Chris Rock himself has moved on from,

I think it’s due in part because Bad Boys For Life turned out to be as great as it was, because that movie, for the first time added some real legitimate drama and character development to the franchise, when I watched it I was like “Oh my god, this doesn’t feel like a basic action movie anymore, it feels like it’s got layers now” and I think others must’ve thought that too if Ride Or Die is making this much, because realistically why would it make this much when it doesn’t have the “Decades later sequel” factor that Bad Boys For Life did?

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this fourth movie I knew it would do big-time money, but I wasn’t sure how much it doesn’t surprise me. I saw it twice in theaters over the weekend and it’s not bad at all. I still think the OG bad boys is better but this one damn there came close to it. It’s surpassed the third moviein terms of being the second best but it’s clear Will Smith and Martin Lawrence still have the juice

Never judge a person on his bad day. Everybody has bad days... get over it.

spoilers....... martin lawrence channelled his inner chris rock and slapped the hell out of will smith in the movie

My guestimate - Worldwide total will be in the 300M - 350M based on this opening.

Wait JC didn’t like Rush Hour 🤔🤔🤔 and then he said 3 is better then 4 of Bad Boys. I just realized yeah we have way different opinions on movies 🤷🏾‍♂️

only nerds cared about the slap, regular people only care about watching good movies

Yes, I forgive Will's pimp hand and the "slap" lol

Bad Boys For Life!!!!!!!

People need to go to therapy and let it go.

4. Bad Boys (1995) 3. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) 2. Bad Boys II (2003) 1. Bad Boys for Life (2020) I saw Bad Boys 4 last Thursday and it was okay. I wasn’t looking forward to it that much. The tone of the movie is a little bit funnier than the previous one but it didn’t make me chuckle. I think they made Marcus a little too goofy. The first Bad Boys was a movie from my 8th grade year. I remember it came out in April of 1995. This was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence teaming up at their peak of their powers as both had two of the funniest sitcoms during the 90s. This was a year before Will Smith would start becoming summer box office gold with Independence Day (1996). Then another hit with Men in Black (1997). My male classmates talked about it back in 1995 as we still had another two months to go for our 8th grade graduation. I went to a Catholic school in Glendale, CA. I remember the soundtrack. TBH, I didn’t think the first Bad Boys was that good even when I first saw it back in April 1995. The tone was a little over the place. I thought Rush Hour 2 (2001) achieved the comedy that Bad Boys tried to convey. I thought Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) was a lot funnier too. You should check out stills from the original Bad Boys in 1995. Man, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence were so skinny back then! Will was still in his mid-20s when he filmed it and didn’t start getting buff until the next decade like after he did Ali (2001). Around when he did I Am Legend (2007). While Martin Lawrence obviously got the weight gain like he’s Allen Iverson. He looks chubbier now than when Chris Tucker was in Rush Hour 3 (2007). And Chris Tucker was a twig in Friday (1995). I’m listing Bad Boys II at No. 2 but I actually don’t recall seeing the entire thing. I think I first saw it only 4-5 years ago with my brother when it was on Netflix. I saw most of it and I found it a lot funnier than the OG. That’s the tone I prefer because Martin Lawrence being a stand-up comic is naturally funnier than Will Smith. Gabrielle Union was such a babe in it. Bad Boys for Life still takes the cake as the best of the franchise. There was an emotional twist to it that I liked. It’s a shame it came out in early 2020 basically a month before the pandemic global shutdown. Similar to The Invisible Man which I thoroughly enjoyed, many of the 2020 movie releases became an afterthought. Sean Chandler talks about a scene in the middle of Bad Boys 4 that I also found rather cool. It didn’t wow me but it was cool. I only started watching Heels late last year around Nov, so it was cool to see “Ace” in it while he’s hooking up with Vanessa Hudgens’ character. I wasn’t aware Alexander Ludwig was in the prior Bad Boys movie since I didn’t know him until I started watching Heels. I would still put Bad Boys: Ride or Die for a top 5 spot among best summer movies of 2024. But I’m not going to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty solid. No LOL moments for me. The action set pieces could’ve been a little more epic. It felt like this movie is the direct to Netflix type but I guess that ended up being Beverly Hills Cop 4.

Chris rock deserves that slap!! Will will not be cancelled of that, 😅 great movie btw.

Really enjoyed the movie.

"Everybody wanna do Will Smith numbers, I don't know if your life got that many summers".

I’m glad Will Smith is back. He brings a lot to the table and I’ve always enjoyed his work. The slap I think was a symptom of where he was at in life. I hope this man is doing well and I’m glad to see him back on top!

All 3 rush hours are hilarious I’m not sure how much longer I can listen lmao

Bad boys 4 did about the same as Bad Boys 3, which is pretty good, especially with not a lot of marketing

Holding a grudge is not what i want to have, he paid a price for what he did, so moving on is a good thing.

What Will Smith did was deplorable, but I agree that he's sufficiently paid for it, ready to see him back on the A-list!!

As a blackman, I don’t condone what will smith did but, the brotha lost a lot behind that incident…… and it doesn’t take away the talent that he possess! I’m still a big fan of will smith and I will continue to support him and enjoy his movies…….. that’s just how I feel about it! Thier are worst people of celebrity status that’s done worst things and continue to enjoy thier careers…… so, get over it!…… will still putting it down with or without your approval…… in the end, he still box office…. As you can see!!

Nobody gives af about the slap don’t know why yall still bringing that up

I just saw Bad Boys 4 and it was a fun movie. Look, I understand that some people are not going to forgive Will for slapping Chris. I understand that. But Will has already got punished enough and I hope he can find redemption. Besides, Jada is the one who started the slap.