LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sony's action comedy "Bad Boys For Life" led ticket sales at the North American box office with a better-than-expected 59.17 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.
The three-day performance is the second biggest January three-day debut in North America, only behind biographical war drama film "American Sniper" which earned 89.26 million dollars over the Friday-Sunday weekend in 2015.
"Bad Boys for Life," with a reported production budget of 90 million dollars, is the third installment in the hugely successful Bad Boys franchise, the sequel to 2003's "Bad Boys 2" and 1995's "Bad Boys." Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the film stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in their roles as Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as they are back together for one last ride.
The film has grossed 37.3 million dollars in other territories through Sunday.
"Bad Boys For Life" receives a positive "A" rating from moviegoers on CinemaScore and holds an approval rating of 76 percent on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes to date. Enditem
