'Bad Boys for Life' to Beat 'Dolittle' at the Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

It's reboot mania at the January box office.

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00:00What's she gonna do? What's she gonna do when we come back?

00:03Hey! Hey! Uh-uh! No! No!

00:06The Bad Boys are back.

00:08Bad Boys for Life sees Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up once again.

00:12They'll face off against Robert Downey Jr. in Doolittle at the box office this weekend.

00:16And it looks like the Bad Boys will laugh past the competition.

00:20Bad Boys for Life marks the third movie in the series and opens 17 years after the last installment

00:25in the action comedy franchise hit the big screen.

00:27Drawing solid reviews, it's pacing to gross anywhere from $38 to $45 million domestically

00:32over the four-day weekend, if not more.

00:34Knock and talk. Yeah. Knock, knock.

00:41Meanwhile, Doolittle is tracking for a four-day gross of $22 to $28 million.

00:45A disappointing start for a movie that cost a net $175 million to make before marketing.

00:51The film stars RDJ as the iconic vet who can talk to animals

00:54and debuts 19 years after Eddie Murphy's Dr. Doolittle 2 was released.

00:58Sit down, John.

01:00Don't embarrass me in front of the crew.

01:02Critics have been less kind to Universal's Doolittle,

01:05aka they've totally ravaged it.

01:07But the movie still hopes to win over the lucrative family audience.

01:10And the timing of Doolittle isn't ideal for Universal following the box office bomb that was Cats.

01:16Both films rely heavily on visual effects.

01:18So now, we just belong together.

01:21I'm coming, Doc!

01:25For the latest box office news and numbers, head to THR.com.

01:28Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.