Journey Or Die Drives The Franchise Previous A Billion Greenback Field Workplace Milestone

“Unhealthy Boys,” directed by Michael Bay and launched in 1995, was Will Smith’s first lead position in a movie, and is basically accountable for making Hollywood sit up and take note of him as a film star, relatively than only a sitcom star. On the time, Martin Lawrence had barely extra expertise on the large display screen, via the “Home Occasion” motion pictures, Spike Lee’s “Do the Proper Factor,” and a theatrical launch of his stand-up present “You So Loopy.” Their on-screen chemistry mixed with Bay’s bombastic directing fashion shot “Unhealthy Boys” all the way in which to $141.4 million on the worldwide field workplace, and in 2003 “Unhealthy Boys II” got here near doubling that.

The true heavy lifter on this billion greenback achievement, nevertheless, is “Unhealthy Boys for Life,” which holds the excellence of being the highest-grossing film on the home field workplace in 2020. Admittedly the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns performed an enormous position there, however “Unhealthy Boys for Life” nonetheless grossed $426.5 million worldwide — therefore the pretty speedy turnaround on this newest sequel.

“Unhealthy Boys: Journey or Die” in all probability will not climb fairly that top (its opening weekend whole was just a few million behind “Unhealthy Boys for Life”) but it surely would not be shocking to see it crack the $400 million mark globally. Nope, they’re undoubtedly not too previous for this s**t.