Your Thoughts: Jim Henson's "Good Boy!"

[sarah_yzma]

video for me. I LOVED cats and dogs, but I think you hit the mark once with stuff like that (although I might see the sequel just to see if the humor continues) the only part that looks cute (in good boy) to me is the part about the cookies.

 

[Phillip]

All things considered, Good Boy did pretty well last week. The film came out third in overall ticket sales of $13 million.


1. Kill Bill _ Volume 1
Miramax ($22 (m) million).
$22 (m

2. School of Rock
Paramount ($15.4 (m) million).
$15.4 (m

3. Good Boy
"Good Boy!", MGM ($13.1 (m) million).
$13.1 (m

4. Intolerable Cruelty
Universal ($12.5 (m) million).
$12.5 (m

5. Out of Time
MGM ($8.5 (m) million).
$8.5 (m

6. House of the Dead
Artisan ($5.6 (m) million).
$5.6 (m

7. The Rundown
Universal ($5.2 (m) million).
$5.2 (m

8. Under the Tuscan Sun
Disney ($4.9 (m) million).
$4.9 (m

9. Secondhand Lions
New Line ($3.2 (m) million).
$3.2 (m 10. Lost in Translation
Focus Features ($2.8 (m) million).
$2.8 (m

 

[BoyRaisin2]

I thought it got 4th, but 3rd's better! Weird how the Jim Henson Pictures logo appears nowhere in the commercials, trailer, or even the web site...and yet this is probably JHP's most successful film.

 

[Phillip]

Notice that this film is being marketed by MGM (just like Very Merry Muppet Christmas is being distributed by MGM). Jim Henson Pictures was originally formed with Henson/Columbia in 1995. I don't know if this has anything to do with the logo/promotional issues or not, but it's a possibility.

 

[Beebers]

I prefer to be supportive of everything Henson does but I don't think "Good Boy" is among their better efforts.