A big but not huge Thursday night folded into a robust Friday take and “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” proved there’s still fan interest in pairing 50somethings Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and that what the box office has needed all summer was silly, stupid action comfort food.

A $21 million opening day (plus previews) points towards a $56 million opening (updated via @Thenumbers) weekend for Columbia’s four decade-spanning Miami vice and violence franchise.

No, it’s not very good. Tired, “gassed,” not that funny and not subtle about being not all that funny. But give the people what they want and they show up. No “Chris Rock” jokes, little reference to Florida “politicians,” just two old guys with health problems shooting up South Florida to clear their dead captain’s name.

Porsche product placement pays off.

Warner Brothers senior staff are probably in counseling over this, but their big budget “Furiosa” is falling right off the map. Disney is probably kicking itself for waiting another week to release “Inside/Out 2.” Because a Chris Pratt “Garfield” movie is making bank and now sitting firmly in second place, holding audience in a desert cineplex landscape where it’s the only family film in play.

“Garfield” will clear another $10 million+, which should push it over $70 million at the domestic box office by midnight Sunday…Tuesday at the latest.

“Ride or Die,” which isn’t doing as well as the last “Bad Boys” installment, may cure some of what ails this year’s box office. But horror woes continue as a Dakota Fanning fright flick, “The Watchers,” is bombing. A $7 million weekend is further evidence that the the frights-centric thriller audience has all but vanished. Bad reviews and the unsavory M. Night’s daughter nepo-baby gossip can’t have helped.

When the reviews for your horror film are far worse on Rotten Tomatoes than Metacritic, that’s a sign younger reviewers are reacting to something beyond the novelty and quality of the production.

There was a time when every horror title could be relied on clearing $10, with the big franchises opening in the upper $20s. It’s not happening this year.

Ryan Reynolds’ and John Krasinski’s “IF” pulled a few extra ticket sales out of its hat on its FOURTH weekend to edge “Watchers” for third place. Another $8 million.

With the latest “Planet of the Apes” surpassing the previous “Planets of the Apes” at the box office this week, it’s possible “Furiosa” won’t crack the top five. Reviews don’t matter to an audience that has decided something is damaged goods. They never showed up.

Just as they never really did for “The Fall Guy” which seems headed out of the top ten.