Box Office: January 17-19, 2020: BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, DOLITTLE, 1917, & More

Box Office January 17-19, 2020

Bad Boys For Life premiered in the Number One spot at the box office over the weekend with $59.1 Million.

Dolittle premiered in Second Place with $22.5 Million at the box office in the United States.

1917 was Third with $22.1 Million at the box office this weekend.

Jumanji: The Next Level was Fourth with $9.5 Million at the box office for $270.4 Million in the United States. World-wide, Jumanji: The Next Level has made $708.4 Million.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was Fifth with $8.3 Million for $492 Million in the Unites States. World-wide, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has made $1.02 Billion.

Just Mercy, Little Women, Knives Out, Like a Boss, and Knives Out rounded out the Top Ten respectively.

The films in the Top Ten that opened this weekend at the box office:

Bad Boys for Life is a 2020 American action comedy film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, and is the sequel to Bad Boys II (2003) in the Bad Boys franchise. The film was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Smith, and Doug Belgrad. The film follows detectives Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) reuniting once again when someone starts murdering people involved in an old case. The film co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, and Joe Pantoliano.

Dolittle is a 2020 American fantasy adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan, from a screenplay by Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand and Chris McKay and a story by Thomas Shepherd. A reboot of the Doctor Dolittle films, the film is based on the titular character created by Hugh Lofting, and primarily inspired by The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Robert Downey Jr. stars as the title character, alongside Antonio Banderas and Michael Sheen in live-action roles; the voice cast includes Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, and Marion Cotillard.

Next week sees the release of: The Gentlemen, The Turning, and a plethora of other mainstream and independent films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly The Bottom Line column. A preview: Bad Boys For Life will be Number One at the box office for the second week in a row.

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