In three weeks, Bad Boys For Life has now laid claim to the title of the highest-grossing film in the Bad Boys franchise.  The third film in the series has officially made $291 million per Variety. With the new tally, it outlasts 2003's Bad Boys II which hauled in $271 million. The franchise's first film entered in 1995 with $141 million in total.

This weekend, the overseas market proved successful for the film as it earned an additional $30.8 million in 63 foreign markets in addition to its $17.7 million pull in North America. Outside of the domestic box office, the film has proven to be a hit in territories such as the United Kingdom, where its leading tally stands at $14.88 million.

Elsewhere in the box office top 3, 1917 has clocked a strong weekend with $20.9 million in 61 foreign territories, bringing its worldwide tally to $249 million with expectations for the tally set to go up following what is slated to be a favorable appearance at the forthcoming Oscars.

Universal's Dolittle slides in at No. 3 with $17. 7 million in 63 international countries with its global pull rising to $126 million. Variety adds that the $180 million prices attached to the creation of the project, however, posies it to be a loss for the studio.

We think it’s fair to say that DJ Khaled has kicked off the new decade in a major way. The “Wild Thoughts” producer welcomed his second child, won his first Grammy, debuted his acting chops in Bad Boys 3 and paid a visit to Drake‘s Toronto mansion (that inspired his next home) for a secret project.

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Khaled isn’t even close to being done since he’s shared on Instagram that he’s got another project on the way that’s not a record. The mega-producer posted a clip to Instagram that sees him in a different kind of studio with director Michael Bay, clearly cookin’ something up. The lengthy caption details Khaled’s accomplishments so far and how grateful he is for his success. “Just got my GRAMMY now I’m in studio wit @michaelbay and we not making a record today we making a movie ? I WANT A OSCAR !!!!!!! BE PATIENT ILL GET ONE!” he wrote.

“My last 2 weeks has been so amazing! I was in the bad boys for life movie ? acting wit @willsmith @martinlawrence wow ! now I’m working wit @michaelbay wow. Than I’ve been blessed to have a healthy baby boy ! I’m a father of 2 boys ! Wow ! Then went to go see @champagnepapi on a top secert mission wow! and then I WON A GRAMMY! Wow! #WETHEBEST GOD IS THE GREATEST!”

For those preparing to see Bad Boys For Life, the third sequel in the Bad Boys franchise that officially hits theaters today, it’s looking like Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are already in talks to return for yet another film if these recents reports that we’re hearing are true.

Will Smith alluded to the possibility of a fourth film during the CRWN Talk that we were fortunate to have attended last week, telling TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson that if fans liked BBFL that Bad Boys 4 was definitely possible. Well, according to an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter, writer Chris Bremner has been recruited to pen the new script. Bremmer, who also worked on the Bad Boys For Life screenplay, is expected to be joined by producer Jerry Bruckheimer as they’ll be also working on National Treasure 3. Sequel season, FTW!

Are you excited to see Bad Boys For Life? Would you be down for a Bad Boys 4? Watch the trailer for the new film below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments:

Will Smith recently appeared on The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon and explained that a choice Michael Bay made behind the scenes of the original Bad Boys film, may have helped catapult Smith into movie stardom.

Fallon asks Smith about an iconic scene from the movie where Smith has his shirt open, to which he explains, “So Michael Bay was shooting this scene, and I wanted to have my shirt on. And Michael was like, ‘Dude, I’m gonna make you a frickin’ movie star! Take your shirt off.’ I was like, ‘Mike, come on man, running with your shirt off? Come on, man.’ And he was like ‘Dude, you don’t know! I know.’”

The two compromised and Smith rocked an unbuttoned shirt: “I was like Mike, ‘I have to have a shirt. I’ll have it open, just not off.’ And we compromised, and it was one of the iconic scenes from that movie.”

To this day, Bay apparently claims that Smith owes him for making him a movie star whenever the two run into each other. 

The third installment in the Bad Boys series, Bad Boys For Life, is in theaters now. It is the first film in the franchise since 2003.

Over the past few years, DJ Khaled has turned himself into one of the most recognizable faces in music and he has been able to manifest his newfound fame into a plethora of different endeavors. Whether it be music, TV, or shoes, Khaled can be seen doing anything and everything. His latest venture involves something near and dear to his heart. Of course, Khaled is from Miami which has been the backdrop for the Bad Boys movies with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Today, Bad Boys For Life came out and Khaled got to play a pivotal role in it all.

Khaled helped curate the soundtrack for the movie and he even had a small cameo. Recently Smith went out of his way to praise Khaled saying “Fearless and relentless. Khaled is both of those, that type of energy is the energy that cuts through. You can’t be quiet about it you got to lean on it at all times.” 

Khaled seemingly took great joy in those words as he took to his Instagram account and shouted out Smith before urging his fans to check out the film. The infamous record producer also showed off a behind the scenes look from the film and he seems to be quite happy as he’s interrogated by Smith’s character.

Let us know in the comments below if you saw the movie and if so, what did you think?

A lot of people may argue that Bad Boys II is better than the first film in the franchise. One of the leading stars Will Smith recently detailed how director Michael Bay purposely wanted the first movie to be more serious and directed him to "just stand there and be hard" as opposed to making comedic faces to Martin Lawrence's character's reactions. 

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The second film has a lot more jokes and clever punchlines and a lot of people were today-years-old when they found out that the Superbad actor Seth Rogen had something to do with that. The revelation was made on Twitter when one user made it clear that he thinks the second movie is way better, prompting Seth to reply: "I helped rewrite bad boys 2."

He added in another tweet: "Judd was rewriting it and me and Evan were broke so he gave us a bit of money to help. I don’t remember much but we all definitely wrote the joke where they don’t know the words to the song, and where Martin shoots the machine gun in the car by accident. And probably many more..."

So there you have it, Seth contributed to your laughs in the second film. Only time will tell how funny the third film is. 

Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are back, y’all! 

Columbia Pictures’ highly-anticipated trilogy in the hit Bad Boys series premieres next week, and to get fans excited TIDAL decided to host an intimate conversation in Harlem at the iconic Apollo Theater with the two stars of Bad Boys For Life, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. As it ended up being the first stop on the press tour here in America, you already know they had a lot to share with the fans who’ve made this dynamic trilogy such an iconic series ever since it debut almost a quarter century ago. HNHH was in the building to get an earful of all the gems they were willing to reveal about Bad Boys 3, and we got all that and tons more. 

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Keep scrolling to check out 10 prominent highlights from Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s talk with TIDAL, hosted by seasoned music journalist Elliott Wilson, which includes behind the scenes tales, little known facts about the first two films, how DJ Khaled plays into all of this and if in fact there will be a Bad Boys 4

Fans Are Excited To See Bad Boys For Life — Like, A Lot!

The entire Apollo Theater was packed — there was literally standing room only. It proved that even after 17 years since the last sequel premiered back in 2003, there’s still a very high demand for people to see Will and Martin back in action together on the big screen.

A Good Portion Of Bad Boys and Bad Boys 2 Was Improv

Two key examples that were brought up were scenes from Bad Boys 2: the “date interrogation” and the one where Martin’s character, Marcus Burnett, is tripping off ecstasy. Both actors joked about the guy who plays Reggie in that scene being so genuinely scared that he never acted in another role again. We checked the IMDb page for the actor, Dennis Greene, and they were right — absolutely nothing!

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SPOILER ALERT: The Movie Begins With A “Shock” And A “Break-Up”

While no big spoilers were given away during the sit-down, Will and Martin did allude to a “big shocker” at the beginning that might make you tear up, as well as a “breakup” scene between the two partners that will test their friendship. Sounds like big drama!

Prince Had A Club In Miami That Martin & Will Partied At During The First Bad Boys Film

Both guys say it lived up to its name, with Martin even saying that he’d “have to kill you” if he shared memories from partying at the Miami hotspot.

SPOILER ALERT: The Opening Scene In Bad Boys For Life Reveals That Marcus Becomes A Grandfather

In one of the few scenes they actually showed to the crown on big screens set up throughout the Apollo Theater, we see the guys embracing on a high speed chase only to end up at a hospital to witness the birth of Marcus Burnett’s (played by Martin Lawrence) grandchild. It’s pretty charming to say the least.

DJ Khaled Has A Role In The Film As “Manny The Butcher”

Will said that Khaled was so excited to be a part of the film that he showed up “4 weeks before his scene” just to hang out on the set.

Bad Boys Was Originally Given To Martin Lawrence First, Who Was Then Tasked With Finding His Own Co-Star

Martin says his sister was the one who suggested Will. They eventually had dinner to see if the chemistry was there, and within five minutes Martin says knew he had met his match. Will confirmed this and said the chemistry had to be on point like the first two films in order to even make the third one. He concluded that “friendship” is the key to Bad Boys 3, even quoting the series’ classic slogan, “We ride together, we die together — Bad Boys for life!”

Dealing with Michael Bay on the first two Bad Boys films was tough for both Martin & Will

The tension was real on set. Both guys confirmed that Bay just simply didn’t have “people skills”  and they each had to learn how to work with him. Will tells a hilarious story about almost attacking Michael Bay on the set of Bad Boys 2, with Martin having to literally hold him back by the waist.

Hip-Hop Was A Huge Influence For The Bad Boys Series And The Personal Careers For Both Lead Actors

With Will Smith being a rapper first, and Martin embracing Hip-Hop dating back to the House Party films, both men credit rap culture to being one of the key components to even bring them to a film series like Bad Boys. Martin brought up The Notorious B.I.G. as an example, saying that during that now-classic episode of Martin where Biggie makes a guest appearance that they spoke extensively about his relationship with Faith Evans. Will went a step further and added that he actually met Biggie for the first time on the night he died.

Bad Boys 4 Is 100% Possible

Without giving any official confirmation, Will Smith said that if people liked Bad Boys 3 that he would definitely be up for Bad Boys 4. Fingers crossed! 

Be sure to catch Martin Lawrence and Will Smith return for Bad Boys For Life when it hits theaters next Friday (January 17).