Bad boys: ride or die is a success on Netflix. The 2024 film is the fourth feature-length installment in the long-running franchise, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their roles as Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, respectively, alongside a cast that also includes Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig , Paola Núñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Tiffany Haddish and Joe Pantoliano. At the beginning of the year Bad boys: ride or die box office made the film a hit, grossing $404.2 million against a budget of $100 million.
Now, Bad boys: ride or die once added to the streaming platform, it ranks first on the Netflix streaming chart in the United States. Movie landed at the top of the site's daily video chartabove are some high-performance Netflix originals with IP connections, including a new documentary The Menendez brothers in second place and a sci-fi horror sequel Platform 2 in 5th place. It also significantly outperforms the classic action title 2 gunswhich has remained firmly on the chart since its first appearance last week.
Why you should watch Bad Boys: Ride or Die
This is a well-rated franchise installment
One reason to watch the 2024 sequel is because united both critics and audiences. It has a Fresh score of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is the second-best rating for any entry in the series, which typically sees a greater divide between critics and general audiences. With an audience rating of 97%, making it one of the first videos to earn the new Verified Hot badge on the platform, it is similarly the best of the four-video series. Below you can see how Rotten Tomatoes compares to previous results Bad boys cinema:
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Title |
RT Critics Rating |
RT viewership result |
|---|---|---|
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Bad boys (1995) |
43% |
78% |
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Bad Boys II (2003) |
24% |
78% |
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Bad boys for life (2020) |
75% |
96% |
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Bad boys: ride or die (2024) |
65% |
97% |
The film has also proven to relentlessly attract audiences across the globe. Apart from being at the time of writing, it was the eighth highest-grossing film of the yearabove hits like Twisters AND It ends with usFollowing its cinematic success, it had a hit debut on the VOD platform, taking first place on the iTunes and Fandango at Home charts in July. The fact that its streaming is proving to be just as successful shows that as the release spreads, the film will likely continue to find new dedicated viewers, as well as successfully retain long-term viewers.
Our version of Bad Boys: Ride Or Die is a streaming success
Bad Boys 5 may be on the horizon
Especially if Bad boys: ride or die will continue to do well on the Netflix charts in the coming weeks, it seems highly likely possible Bad Boys 5 will come to fruition. Smith and Lawrence have already expressed interest in reprising their roleswith the caveat that they would like their younger co-stars to do more stunts and that they want their heroes to have a legitimate reason to return. Although the fifth film has not yet been officially greenlit, the success of the new installment on multiple platforms is undeniable.
Source: Netflix
