Here comes In Good Company! Starring the always-lovely Scarlett Johannson, the typically-awful Dennis Quaid, and the relatively unknown Topher Grace, In Good Company maintains the look of Paul Weitz's last feature film, About a Boy. With an 84-ish% approval rating on RottenTomatoes (lower than About a Boy, but still favorable) and the Scott Holleran mark of approval (a C- rating. Notice, the higher the Scott Holleran rating, the lower numbers it brings in. The Sea Inside and Kinsey both bombed and both received an "A" from Mr. Holleran, and The Aviator and White Noise are both raking in the green!), In Good Company should be destined for a nice box office take and good WOM. But, wait! There's the competition to factor in. As Million Dollar Baby and Sideways bring in the Oscar audiences, as Racing Stripes captures the kiddy demographic, as Coach Carter warms audiences, and as Zingaling's group flocks to Elektra, who'll be left for the sweet, somewhat heady, tale about two men competing on the corporate ladder while one of 'em dates the other's daughter.

The film's already opened with an impressive $50000+ PTA on 3 theatres, but this isn't always the best sign. Just consider I Heart Huckabees! However, MLK weekend seems dominated by the PG-13 romances, from Alone Came Polly to Titanic to Save the Last Dance. But, does In Good Company even have the star appeal?

As of right now, I'm predicting $9.0m ($6000 PTA on 1500 theatres) for the film's expansion. The ads haven't been too frequent, but, then again, awareness isn't TOO low. And it's definitely got loads of appeal as a cute little charmer that won't be likely to disappoint.

Legs will carry this one, however. While it might not be Big Fish or even About a Boy, it certaintly is enjoyable (yes, I've seen it! ) and light enough to not have to withstand the huge 50% drops we're accustomed to now! I'm predicting a final gross of around $35.4 million.

Whadda you think? Are you anticipating the film? Do you think it'll bomb? Do you think it'll cross $100m. What do YOU think?

When monkeys fly out of my mask!

This is really a nice little movie. I saw Shall We Dance when it came out, and immediately knew that would probably be low on opening weekend, but have some nice legs. This will undoubtedly be the same. Not a smash hit, but definitely good legs.

Hey, I'm predicting $35.4m here. Nothing great, ya know...

Universal coulda released it better. With Ray Charles' death and Foxx's success in Collateral, Ray became a major contendor and this was left completely ignored, with the same 29th release date.

Aside from a good second weekend drop due to a theater count increase (and it being Memorial Weekend), About a Boy had slightly above-average legs during the winter season. It's average drop must've been around 37-ish percent. Take a look:

Weekend 1 - 5/17/2002 - $8,557,630
Weekend 2 - 5/24/2002 - $7,862,150
Weekend 3 - 5/31/2002 - $4,126,600
Weekend 4 - 6/07/2002 - $2,653,520
Weekend 5 - 6/14/2002 - $1,482,425
Weekend 6 - 6/21/2002 - $1,210,015
Weekend 7 - 6/28/2002 - $939,770
Weekend 8 - 7/05/2002 - $579,530
Weekend 9 - 7/12/2002 - $198,030
Weekend 10 - 7/19/2002 - $120,000

Total Gross - $40,803,000

I'm predicting (changed predictions), for In Good Company

Weekend 1 - $9,100,000 (4-day) / $9,625,000
Weekend 2 - $7,000,000 / $19,625,000
Weekend 3 - $4,700,000 / $26,225,000
Weekend 4 - $3,200,000 / $30,525,000
Weekend 5 - $2,600,000 (4-day) / $33,925,000
Weekend 6 - $2,200,000 (4-day) / $36,775,000
Weekend 7 - $1,200,000 / $38,100,000

Eventually, the film should pass About a Boy, considering it has 3 4-day weekends in store . It hasn't got a chance worldwide, though.

Opening: $9.8 million ($6,500 PTA)
Total: $39.2 million

It looks to have good WOM, so the legs will be really good.

In Good Company:

Opening Wknd: 12.95m ($23,000+ PTA)

Domestic Total: 106m (Multiplyer 8.2)

I think it will be a decent hit. Maybe not a great opening weekend, but great legs. Chich flicks tend to do well if it has the right storyline...ect.

10 Opening
73 total

ive got this one on my "Ones to Watch" list. Have a feeling it will do very well.

I think this film will score the highest multipyer of 2005 it has much going for it and its average grade at BOM is great Im going to watch it, may be one of tje few films I watch more than once this year \:D/ Anyway BJ here with high hopes for another film :rock:

It's SOOO not a chick flick. If this is a chick flick, then 13 Going on 30 or Glitter must be chick flick to the 27293839202th power. This is just a sweet, well-done comedy. It's not laugh-out-loud hilarious; it's more of one of those movies where you know it's funny, but you chose not to laugh because nothing really CRACKS you up, you just find it very witty. The scenarios are interesting, even though a couple can be very cliche (such as the dad catching the couple together through his window accidently). Anyways, the performances carry this one (even Dennis Quaid is good!), especially Topher Grace. If it were really a supporting role, he'd get an Oscar nomination, but, alas, the Best Actor category is waaay too complicated and it's not even a sure bet that Don Cheadle will get a nomination =/

$100m is way outta reach, though.

damn you ross! damn you! you have convinced me to go see it next weekend. heh.

You've gotta see it! Or, watch some of the Yahoo clips (I'm sure you'll find Topher cute...) or download it. I'll prob. see it a second time after exams, but it really is a nice little gem that flows flawlessly. The ads, I thought, were terrible too, but I can't let ANYTHING with Scarlett go (well...UNLESS it's The Perfect Score).

I think I saw this reviewed on Ebert's shows. Both gave good reviews. They said the movie takes some surprising turns. I think it is because it doesn't go for cheap jokes on the work situation and instead bring the movie out of the office for the relationship with his daughter.

Also, I saw the trailer and I didn't realize that it was Scarlett Johannson. I know she is about 19 / 20 but after seeing her in Lost in Translation, she just seems older than the girl in that trailer.

The relationship sequence is actually the worst part. It's not badly done, it just seems out of place and unnecessary in a mature film that actually features some realistic sequences and where none of the stuff is TOO contrived.

BTW, I'm going to put this in my '05 category. With two days before hte end of the new year, and on only 3 screens, there's noooo way I'm letting this have a crappy "4th" ranking on moi Best Movies list.

Well anyway, I am glad you liked it. On the relationship part, that was a guess as they said the movie took some surprising turns and the trailers seemed to showed some quick shots of the office but more out of the office.

Im for sure going to watch this film some time in its run \:D/ I have high hopes for this film 100m would be great to see

Ive said already i think it will be a minime of "As Good as It Gets" - with great critical reception, and proboly amazing word of mouth leading it to a great run. With this weekend being over $10m

"Elektra" does have some stiff competition that White Noise didnthave to face Thats a little less than $50m from openers and expanders to face Elektra, and all those potent holdovers too.

I see a huge wknd coming with 3 movies over 20m Fockers, Carter, Eleckra and 6 movies over 10m White Noice, In Good Company, and The Racing Sripes. Overall masssive wknd just as I already said with some good, watchabale movies

See either Coach Carter or In Good Company. Preferably IGC b/c it'll need a good opening take for a decent expansion!

So far, "In Good Company" has an 85% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes (79% with Cream of the Crop critics), and a 7.1-7.2 rating out of ten among both groups.

In terms of wide-release movies:
1. The Incredibles - 96%
2. Sideways - 96%
3. Hero - 94%
4. Million Dollar Baby - 94%
5. Spider-Man 2 - 93%
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 92%
7. Shrek 2 - 90%
8. The Aviator - 90%
9. Shaun of the Dead - 90%
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 89%
11. Hotel Rwanda - 89%
12. Garden State - 88%
13. House of Flying Daggers - 88%
14. Mean Girls - 87%
15. Kinsey - 87%
16. Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 85%
17. Collateral - 85%
18. In Good Company - 85%
19. Finding Neverland - 84%
20. Ray - 81%

Not bad, eh? Especially considering this is Paul Weitz' first original screenplay since...Down to Earth.

However, the METACRITIC ranking isn't nearly as impressive - In Good Company currently has a lackluster 67. However, the OTHER high ranking comedies didn't have much higher Metacritic scores; Mean Girls had a 66, Shrek 2 had a 75, Shaun of the Dead had a 76, and Garden State had a 67. Don't let the evil evil pessimistic metacritic.com turn you away from one of the best feel-good comedies. This is arguably as good, though not as effective in terms of emotion, as "About a Boy".

Still unsure whether this is worth $6.50? Check out seven clips at Yahoo! Movies: http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808592515&cf=trailer

I will see In Good Company, but most likely on DVD.

Fab reviews so far. I cant wait, for some reason teheh.

Good! Is it because you think Dennis Quaid is hot? jk

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