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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 3 February 2020

'Bad Boys' tops box office for third straight week

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Super Bowl commercials of
AP Entertainment Writer films to help boost numbers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Bad moving forward.
Boys of Life" went for a "It's a longer-term benefit
three-peat at the box of- for Hollywood to have trail-
fice during Super Bowl ers presented to a massive
weekend. worldwide audience," Der-
The Sony Pictures' film star- garabedian said. "Studios
ring Will Smith and Martin bet big during the telecast
Lawrence brought in $17.6 by dropping trailers, which
million to claim the No. 1 they're doing for the first
spot for the third straight time. They are hoping to
week. The studio said the build media buzz and get
third installment became people talking."
the highest-grossing film in The World War I tale "1917"
the franchise with $148 mil- notched second as the
lion, eclipsing "Bad Boys II." film continues to build
The earning for "Bad Boys" momentum as an Oscars
is the best box office turn- contender. It has been
out compared to other No. an impressive feat for the
1 titles ("Glass," "Jumanji: Sam Mendes-directed war This image released by Sony Pictures shows Martin Lawrence, left, and Will Smith in a scene from
Welcome to the Jungle" movie after going from 11 "Bad Boys for Life."
and "Split") during the NFL screen s in its first week to Associated Press
championship weekend nearly 4,000. lease on its road to the Os- fairy tale "Gretel & Hansel" Out." "It does get increas-
over the past four years. Each week, "1917" has car telecast." opened at No. 4 with $6.1 ingly difficult for films that
Paul Dergarabedian, se- been holding on strong It was a bumpy start for million, but received mixed don't over-perform on
nior media analyst for since receiving 10 Oscar newcomers "Gretel & Han- reviews including a C- from Super Bowl weekend to
Comscore, said box office nominations including best sel" and "The Rhythm Sec- CinemaScore. build any head of steam
numbers are typically lower picture. tion," which barely cracked "The Rhythm Section," an going forward," Derga-
during football's champion- "It's a winner all day long," the top 10. action drama starring Blake rabedian said. "Particularly
ship weekend. But he said he said. "It's had this pic- After "Dolittle" placed third, Lively, pulled in $2.8 million if they don't have good
Hollywood is banking on ture-perfect platform re- the re-imagined ancient barely notched "Knives reviews."q