Martin Lawrence
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films, with $1,771,795,340 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #141) |
Best-known acting roles: Detective Marcus Burnett (Bad Boys For Life), Bobby Davis (Wild Hogs), Marcus Burnett (Bad Boys II), Malcolm (Big Momma's House), Boog (Open Season) |
Best-known technical roles: Big Momma's House (Executive Producer), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (Executive Producer), Black Knight (Executive Producer) |
Most productive collaborators: Will Smith, Jill Culton, Tim Allen, Walt Becker, Ashton Kutcher |
Born: April 16, 1965 (59 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 14 | $997,461,180 | $774,334,160 | $1,771,795,340 |
Lead Ensemble Member | 3 | $91,852,372 | $12,266,592 | $104,118,964 | |
Supporting | 1 | $26,004,026 | $47,476 | $26,051,502 | |
(Unclassified) | 11 | $409,179,021 | $181,959,072 | $591,138,093 | |
In Technical Roles | Executive Producer | 4 | $188,897,658 | $100,417,036 | $289,314,694 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Martin Lawrence’s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The Star Score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies (based on box office) in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on..
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die trailer
March 27th, 2024
Action comedy starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence opens exclusively in theaters on June 7. Full movie details.
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2020 Preview: January
January 1st, 2020
It’s the year 2020, the year where we find out how many times you can say, “Well, hindsight is 20/20.” before you get punched. On the positive side, while December wasn’t a great month, it was good enough to help 2019 end on a positive note, a positive note that should continue into January. There are no real potential monster hits coming out this month, but there are three films that have a real shot at $100 million domestically. These are, in alphabetical order, 1917, which will rely on Awards Season to get to the century mark. Bad Boys for Life will have a much, much easier time getting to $100 million, assuming people still care about the franchise 17 years later. Finally, Dolittle is looking like a disaster with a really troubled production; however, a $100 million run isn’t out of the question and if it can get there, it will at least save face. As for last January, Glass was the biggest hit of the month in terms of raw dollars, but The Upside was more impressive, as it is one the biggest hits in STX Entertainment’s history. We need two of the three potential $100 million hits to reach that mark to keep pace with last year, but we also have one more weekend to get there.
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All Acting Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Jun 7, 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | ||||
Dec 16, 2022 | Mindcage | Jake Doyle | $269,429 | $269,429 | |
Jan 17, 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | Detective Marcus … | $204,417,855 | $220,053,808 | $424,471,663 |
Mar 29, 2019 | The Beach Bum | Captain Wack | $3,502,600 | $765,208 | $4,267,808 |
Feb 18, 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Fathe… | Malcolm Turner/Bi… | $37,915,414 | $44,417,036 | $82,332,450 |
Apr 16, 2010 | Death at a Funeral | Ryan | $42,739,347 | $6,237,886 | $48,977,233 |
Mar 7, 2008 | College Road Trip | James | $45,610,425 | $5,263,498 | $50,873,923 |
Feb 8, 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Je… | RJ Stevens | $42,436,517 | $1,171,110 | $43,607,627 |
Mar 2, 2007 | Wild Hogs | Bobby Davis | $168,213,584 | $85,341,799 | $253,555,383 |
Sep 29, 2006 | Open Season | Boog | $85,105,259 | $106,826,899 | $191,932,158 |
Jan 27, 2006 | Big Momma's House 2 | Malcolm | $70,165,972 | $66,881,404 | $137,047,376 |
Jul 1, 2005 | Rebound | Roy McCormick/Pre… | $16,809,014 | $683,000 | $17,492,014 |
Jul 18, 2003 | Bad Boys II | Marcus Burnett | $138,540,870 | $134,731,112 | $273,271,982 |
Jan 17, 2003 | National Security | Earl Montgomery | $36,288,951 | $18,310,349 | $54,599,300 |
Aug 2, 2002 | Martin Lawrence Live: … | Himself | $19,184,820 | $19,184,820 | |
Nov 21, 2001 | Black Knight | Jamal Walker | $33,422,806 | $33,422,806 | |
Jun 1, 2001 | What's the Worst That … | Kevin Caffery | $32,267,774 | $6,194,297 | $38,462,071 |
Jun 2, 2000 | Big Momma's House | Malcolm | $117,559,438 | $56,000,000 | $173,559,438 |
Sep 17, 1999 | Blue Streak | Miles Logan | $68,208,190 | $49,239,967 | $117,448,157 |
Apr 16, 1999 | Life | Claude | $64,062,587 | $9,459,000 | $73,521,587 |
Jul 18, 1997 | Nothing To Lose | T. Paul | $44,480,039 | $20,114,022 | $64,594,061 |
Apr 3, 1996 | A Thin Line Between Lo… | Darnell Wright | $34,873,513 | $34,873,513 | |
Apr 7, 1995 | Bad Boys | Marcus Burnett | $65,647,413 | $75,600,000 | $141,247,413 |
Apr 27, 1994 | You So Crazy | Actor | $10,184,701 | $10,184,701 | |
Jul 1, 1992 | Boomerang | Tyler | $70,052,444 | $61,000,000 | $131,052,444 |
1991 | Talkin' Dirty After Dark | Terry | $978,775 | $978,775 | |
Oct 23, 1991 | House Party 2 | Bilal | $19,438,638 | $19,438,638 | |
Mar 9, 1990 | House Party | Bilal | $26,385,627 | $26,385,627 | |
Jun 30, 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Cee | $26,004,026 | $47,476 | $26,051,502 |
Averages | $56,462,837 | $46,124,157 | $89,039,425 | ||
Totals | 29 | $1,524,496,599 | $968,607,300 | $2,493,103,899 |
Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jun 7, 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | |||||
Dec 16, 2022 | Mindcage | $269,429 | ||||
Jan 17, 2020 | Bad Boys For Life | $62,504,105 | 3,775 | $204,417,855 | $424,471,663 | 48.2% |
Mar 29, 2019 | The Beach Bum | $1,763,070 | 1,100 | $3,502,600 | $4,267,808 | 82.1% |
Feb 18, 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Fathe… | $16,300,803 | 2,821 | $37,915,414 | $82,332,450 | 46.1% |
Apr 16, 2010 | Death at a Funeral | $16,217,540 | 2,459 | $42,739,347 | $48,977,233 | 87.3% |
Mar 7, 2008 | College Road Trip | $13,601,419 | 2,706 | $45,610,425 | $50,873,923 | 89.7% |
Feb 8, 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Je… | $16,207,730 | 2,387 | $42,436,517 | $43,607,627 | 97.3% |
Mar 2, 2007 | Wild Hogs | $39,699,023 | 3,401 | $168,213,584 | $253,555,383 | 66.3% |
Sep 29, 2006 | Open Season | $23,624,548 | 3,833 | $85,105,259 | $191,932,158 | 44.3% |
Jul 1, 2005 | Rebound | $5,033,848 | 2,464 | $16,809,014 | $17,492,014 | 96.1% |
Jul 18, 2003 | Bad Boys II | $46,522,560 | 3,202 | $138,540,870 | $273,271,982 | 50.7% |
Aug 2, 2002 | Martin Lawrence Live: … | $7,374,049 | 774 | $19,184,820 | $19,184,820 | 100.0% |
Nov 21, 2001 | Black Knight | $11,102,948 | 2,571 | $33,422,806 | $33,422,806 | 100.0% |
Jun 2, 2000 | Big Momma's House | $25,661,041 | 2,854 | $117,559,438 | $173,559,438 | 67.7% |
Sep 17, 1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | 2,735 | $68,208,190 | $117,448,157 | 58.1% |
Apr 7, 1995 | Bad Boys | $15,523,358 | 2,132 | $65,647,413 | $141,247,413 | 46.5% |
Averages | $21,356,323 | 2,614 | $72,620,903 | $117,244,644 | 72.0% | |
Totals | 17 | $1,089,313,552 | $1,875,914,304 |
Supporting Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jun 30, 1989 | Do the Right Thing | $3,563,535 | 534 | $26,004,026 | $26,051,502 | 99.8% |
Averages | $3,563,535 | 534 | $26,004,026 | $26,051,502 | 99.8% | |
Totals | 1 | $26,004,026 | $26,051,502 |
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All Technical Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Jun 7, 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Executive Producer | |||
Feb 18, 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Li… | Executive Producer | $37,915,414 | $44,417,036 | $82,332,450 |
Nov 21, 2001 | Black Knight | Executive Producer | $33,422,806 | $33,422,806 | |
Jun 2, 2000 | Big Momma's House | Executive Producer | $117,559,438 | $56,000,000 | $173,559,438 |
Averages | $62,965,886 | $50,208,518 | $96,438,231 | ||
Totals | 4 | $188,897,658 | $100,417,036 | $289,314,694 |
Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) | 813 | $188,897,658 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) | 1,576 | $100,417,036 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) | 1,152 | $289,314,694 |