'Bad Boys for Life' Shows How Important MLK Weekend Is for the Box Office

“Bad Boys for Life,” the long-awaited threequel to “Bad Boys,” beat all pre-release projections and earned a 4-day opening of $68 million. The Sony film’s gross is second only to the $107 million launch of “American Sniper” in the history of MLK weekend openings. Combined with $25 million-plus contributions from “Dolittle” and “1917,” estimated overall grosses for the weekend sit at $197 million. When it comes to extended holiday weekends, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday...