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The Bad Guys 2Follow

2025 • PG • 94 min • Animation, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

The heist is on again

🍅 87% 95%

64

3.53

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$82.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$240.00M

Global total

Budget$80M

Domestic legs3.8x

2025 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Perifel filmography

Pierre Perifel

Pierre Perifel Director

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Awkwafina

Awkwafina Starring

Anthony Ramos

Anthony Ramos Starring

ScreenplayYoni Brenner, Etan Cohen Produced byDamon Ross CinematographyN/A MusicDaniel Pemberton Prod. DesignN/A

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$74M–$80M

$69M $77M $86M

$82.60M so far

The prediction model updated after a -52% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $69M–$86M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$66M

Baseline

Animation Animated Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Animation avg is A

+3%

Audience

Strong — RT 95%, LB 3.53, IMDB 7.0

+5%

Seasonality

Summer Peak

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-4%

2nd Weekend

-52% drop

+13%

Genre

Animation Sequel legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 2 $22.0M — 3,852 $5,710 $22.0M

2 Aug 8-10 4 $10.6M −51.8% 3,860 $2,744 $43.6M

3 Aug 15-17 5 $7.5M −29% 3,380 $2,226 $57.2M

4 Aug 22-24 5 $5.1M −32.1% 3,288 $1,553 $66.2M

5 Aug 29-31 7 $4.8M −7% 3,024 $1,571 $73.1M

6 Sep 5-7 6 $2.4M −50% 2,540 $935 $77.5M

7 Sep 12-14 10 $1.1M −53.3% 1,630 $680 $79.6M

8 Sep 19-21 14 $665.8K −40% 1,010 $659 $80.8M

9 Sep 26-28 16 $400.3K −39.9% 560 $714 $81.5M

10 Oct 3-5 20 $194.9K −51.3% 345 $565 $81.9M

11 Oct 10-12 25 $114.2K −41.4% 194 $588 $82.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 1 #2 $9.2M — $9.2M 3,852 $2,395 1

Sat Aug 2 #2 $7.4M −20% $16.6M 3,852 $1,910 2

Sun Aug 3 #2 $5.4M −26% $22.0M 3,852 $1,405 3

Mon Aug 4 #2 $2.5M −53% $24.5M 3,852 $657 4

Tue Aug 5 #2 $4.0M +59% $28.5M 3,852 $1,042 5

Wed Aug 6 #2 $2.5M −38% $31.0M 3,852 $642 6

Thu Aug 7 #2 $2.0M −19% $33.0M 3,852 $518 7

Fri Aug 8 #4 $3.1M +58% −66% $36.2M 3,860 $816 8

Sat Aug 9 #4 $4.3M +36% −42% $40.5M 3,860 $1,112 9

Sun Aug 10 #4 $3.2M −27% −42% $43.6M 3,860 $817 10

Mon Aug 11 #4 $1.4M −56% −45% $45.0M 3,860 $360 11

Tue Aug 12 #4 $2.2M +58% −45% $47.2M 3,860 $569 12

Wed Aug 13 #4 $1.4M −37% −44% $48.6M 3,860 $358 13

Thu Aug 14 #5 $1.1M −17% −43% $49.7M 3,860 $297 14

Fri Aug 15 #5 $2.0M +71% −38% $51.7M 3,380 $578 15

Sat Aug 16 #4 $3.2M +66% −25% $54.9M 3,380 $957 16

Sun Aug 17 #4 $2.3M −28% −26% $57.2M 3,380 $690 17

Mon Aug 18 #4 $814.5K −65% −41% $58.1M 3,380 $241 18

Tue Aug 19 #5 $1.3M +60% −41% $59.4M 3,380 $385 19

Wed Aug 20 #3 $987.5K −24% −29% $60.3M 3,380 $292 20

Thu Aug 21 #4 $731.0K −26% −36% $61.1M 3,380 $216 21

Fri Aug 22 #5 $1.3M +80% −33% $62.4M 3,288 $400 22

Sat Aug 23 #5 $2.3M +72% −30% $64.7M 3,288 $687 23

Sun Aug 24 #5 $1.5M −32% −34% $66.2M 3,288 $467 24

Mon Aug 25 #4 $473.9K −69% −42% $66.7M 3,288 $144 25

Tue Aug 26 #4 $747.5K +58% −43% $67.4M 3,288 $227 26

Wed Aug 27 #4 $437.5K −41% −56% $67.8M 3,288 $133 27

Thu Aug 28 #4 $464.5K +6% −36% $68.3M 3,288 $141 28

Fri Aug 29 #7 $1.1M +128% −19% $69.4M 3,024 $351 29

Sat Aug 30 #7 $1.9M +78% −16% $71.3M 3,024 $625 30

Sun Aug 31 #7 $1.8M −5% +17% $73.1M 3,024 $596 31

Mon Sep 1 #5 $1.6M −9% +247% $74.7M 3,024 $544 32

Tue Sep 2 #7 $298.8K −82% −60% $75.0M 3,024 $99 33

Wed Sep 3 #9 $150.3K −50% −66% $75.2M 3,024 $50 34

Thu Sep 4 #8 $103.0K −31% −78% $75.3M 3,024 $34 35

Fri Sep 5 #10 $395.4K +284% −63% $75.7M 2,602 $152 36

Sat Sep 6 #7 $1.3M +222% −33% $76.9M 2,602 $489 37

Sun Sep 7 #6 $833.6K −35% −54% $77.8M 2,602 $320 38

Mon Sep 8 #11 $92.3K −89% −94% $77.9M 2,602 $35 39

Tue Sep 9 #9 $168.4K +83% −44% $78.0M 2,602 $65 40

Wed Sep 10 #11 $112.4K −33% −25% $78.1M 2,602 $43 41

Thu Sep 11 #9 $66.8K −41% −35% $78.2M 2,602 $26 42

Fri Sep 12 #14 $204.9K +207% −48% $78.4M 1,603 $128 43

Sat Sep 13 #11 $583.5K +185% −54% $79.0M 1,603 $364 44

Sun Sep 14 #10 $411.2K −30% −51% $79.4M 1,603 $257 45

Mon Sep 15 #14 $54.0K −87% −41% $79.5M 1,603 $34 46

Tue Sep 16 #14 $77.7K +44% −54% $79.5M 1,603 $48 47

Wed Sep 17 #14 $57.7K −26% −49% $79.6M 1,603 $36 48

Thu Sep 18 #15 $37.2K −36% −44% $79.6M 1,603 $23 49

Fri Sep 19 #16 $138.7K +273% −32% $79.8M 841 $165 50

Sat Sep 20 #12 $339.2K +144% −42% $80.1M 841 $403 51

Sun Sep 21 #12 $237.8K −30% −42% $80.3M 841 $283 52

Mon Sep 22 #15 $45.2K −81% −16% $80.4M 841 $54 53

Tue Sep 23 #14 $80.8K +79% +4% $80.5M 841 $96 54

Wed Sep 24 #17 $39.8K −51% −31% $80.5M 841 $47 55

Thu Sep 25 #15 $26.2K −34% −29% $80.5M 841 $31 56

Fri Sep 26 #16 $72.6K +177% −48% $80.6M 488 $149 57

Sat Sep 27 #16 $169.6K +134% −50% $80.8M 488 $348 58

Sun Sep 28 #16 $111.2K −34% −53% $80.9M 488 $228 59

Mon Sep 29 #16 $25.7K −77% −43% $80.9M 488 $53 60

Tue Sep 30 #17 $39.4K +53% −51% $81.0M 488 $81 61

Wed Oct 1 #16 $19.7K −50% −50% $81.0M 488 $40 62

Thu Oct 2 #15 $28.1K +42% +7% $81.0M 488 $58 63

Fri Oct 3 #22 $31.4K +12% −57% $81.0M 293 $107 64

Sat Oct 4 #18 $80.0K +155% −53% $81.1M 293 $273 65

Sun Oct 5 #18 $59.2K −26% −47% $81.2M 293 $202 66

Mon Oct 6 #21 $18.1K −70% −30% $81.2M 293 $62 67

Tue Oct 7 #20 $31.7K +76% −20% $81.2M 293 $108 68

Wed Oct 8 #21 $19.9K −37% +1% $81.2M 293 $68 69

Thu Oct 9 #17 $21.2K +7% −24% $81.3M 293 $72 70

Fri Oct 10 #15 $110.5K +420% +252% $81.4M 487 $227 71

Sat Oct 11 #15 $177.9K +61% +122% $81.6M 487 $365 72

Sun Oct 12 #14 $138.7K −22% +134% $81.7M 487 $285 73

Mon Oct 13 #13 $151.5K +9% +739% $81.8M 487 $311 74

Tue Oct 14 #15 $55.6K −63% +75% $81.9M 487 $114 75

Wed Oct 15 #15 $39.1K −30% +97% $81.9M 487 $80 76

Thu Oct 16 #14 $34.5K −12% +63% $82.0M 487 $71 77

Fri Oct 17 #19 $57.7K +67% −48% $82.0M 327 $177 78

Sat Oct 18 #18 $93.0K +61% −48% $82.1M 327 $284 79

Sun Oct 19 #18 $72.3K −22% −48% $82.2M 327 $221 80

Mon Oct 20 #20 $23.1K −68% −85% $82.2M 327 $71 81

Tue Oct 21 #23 $14.9K −35% −73% $82.2M 327 $46 82

Wed Oct 22 #25 $11.6K −22% −70% $82.2M 327 $35 83

Thu Oct 23 #22 $12.8K +10% −63% $82.3M 327 $39 84

Fri Oct 24 #28 $24.8K +94% −57% $82.3M 203 $122 85

Sat Oct 25 #25 $51.1K +106% −45% $82.3M 203 $252 86

Sun Oct 26 #25 $36.1K −29% −50% $82.4M 203 $178 87

Mon Oct 27 #29 $6.4K −82% −72% $82.4M 203 $31 88

Tue Oct 28 #27 $9.3K +46% −38% $82.4M 203 $46 89

Wed Oct 29 #32 $8.1K −13% −30% $82.4M 203 $40 90

Thu Oct 30 #33 $6.0K −26% −53% $82.4M 203 $29 91

Fri Oct 31 #33 $9.0K +51% −64% $82.4M 157 $58 92

Sat Nov 1 #30 $32.1K +255% −37% $82.4M 157 $205 93

Sun Nov 2 #30 $23.5K −27% −35% $82.5M 157 $150 94

Mon Nov 3 #29 $7.0K −70% +10% $82.5M 157 $45 95

Tue Nov 4 #28 $11.2K +59% +20% $82.5M 157 $71 96

Wed Nov 5 #28 $7.6K −32% −7% $82.5M 157 $48 97

Thu Nov 6 #30 $3.6K −53% −40% $82.5M 157 $23 98

Fri Nov 7 #30 $13.3K +271% +47% $82.5M 109 $122 99

Sat Nov 8 #30 $28.2K +112% −12% $82.5M 109 $259 100

Sun Nov 9 #28 $24.2K −14% +3% $82.6M 109 $222 101

Mon Nov 10 #31 $6.3K −74% −10% $82.6M 109 $58 102

Tue Nov 11 #28 $21.2K +238% +90% $82.6M 109 $195 103

Wed Nov 12 #32 $4.9K −77% −36% $82.6M 109 $45 104

Thu Nov 13 #32 $3.1K −35% −13% $82.6M 109 $29 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$81.3M

Aug 1Aug 18Sep 5Sep 22Oct 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $194.9K

$22.0M

$10.6M

$7.5M

$5.1M

$4.8M

$2.4M

$1.1M

$665.8K

$400.3K

$194.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,860 → 293 −92.4%

3,852 open293 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.3%

−51.8%

W1→2

−29%

W2→3

−32.1%

W3→4

−7%

W4→5

−50%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−40%

W7→8

−39.9%

W8→9

−51.3%

W9→10

Steepest −53.3%Best hold −7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

Mentioned 5 movies battling it out on a busy weekend; all look to land between $15–25MWeek 39 · Preview · Sep 24, 2026 →

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