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Ending a drought for R-rated comedies, ‘Good Boys’ is No. 1

By JAKE COYLE studio estimates Sunday,
Associated Press dethroning the “Fast &
NEW YORK (AP) — The Furious” spinoff “Hobbs &
R-rated comedy, left for Shaw,” which slid to second
dead by some Hollywood with $14.1 million in its third
studios, again reached weekend. Not since Me-
No.1 at the box office over lissa McCarthy’s “The Boss”
the weekend thanks to the came in No. 1 all the way
raunchy coming-of-age back in April 2016 has an R-
tale “Good Boys,” about rated comedy topped the
a trio of 12-year-olds on a North American box office.
crude misadventure. “This is like a unicorn sight-
“Good Boys” surpassed ex- ing,” said Paul Dergarabe-
pectations to debut with dian, senior media analyst
$21 million, according to for data firm Comscore.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jacob Tremblay, from left, as Max, Keith L. Williams
as Lucas and Brady Noon as Thor in the film, “Good Boys,” written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene
Stupnitsky and directed by Stupnitsky.
Associated Press
In recent years, R-rated leased films — the animat- notch the best opening
horror has largely taken the ed sequel “The Angry Birds for an original comedy this
place of R-rated comedy Movie 2,” the shark attack year. Second place is Uni-
at the box office, as Hol- sequel “47 Meters Down: versal’s body-switch com-
lywood has increasingly Uncaged,” the Bruce edy “Little.”
ceded the genre to TV and Springsteen-inspired drama Directed by Gene
streaming services. But Uni- “Blinded by the Light” and Stupnitsky (who co-wrote
versal Pictures, which re- Richard Linklater’s Cate the script with Lee Eisen-
leased “Good Boys,” has Blanchett-led “Where’d berg), “Good Boys” stars
kept the flame. The stu- You Go Bernadette” — all Jacob Tremblay, Keith L.
dio was behind “The Boss” fizzled. Williams and Brady Noon
as well as the intervening “Good Boys” rode a buzzy as sixth graders trying to
years’ highest grossing do- premiere at South By South- make it to their first kissing
mestic comedies: 2017’s west, good reviews (80% party. The movie’s much-
“Girls Trip” and 2018’s fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) watched red-band trailer
“Night School.” and the imprimatur of pro- traded on its ironies. As
“Good Boys” broke out of a ducers Seth Rogen and Rogen says, Tremblay, Wil-
crowded late-summer field Evan Goldberg (“Good liams and Noon are all too
of new releases. The week- Boys” is much like a tween young to see their own
end’s other new widely re- version of “Superbad”) to movie alone.q

The Rock announces wedding on Instagram

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — With a
simple “We do,” Dwayne
“The Rock” Johnson an-
nounced his wedding to
his longtime girlfriend on
Instagram. A photo of the
movie star and Lauren
Hashian was posted on
the social media site. Both
were wearing white, and
they were standing over-
looking the ocean. The In this Feb. 22, 2015, file photo Dwayne Johnson, left, and
post said the date of their Lauren Hashian arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los
apparent nuptials was Angeles.
Sunday, in Hawaii. Associated Press
Johnson’s representative years and have two young brate this month. His movie
did not immediately re- daughters. Johnson also “Hobbs and Shaw” has
turn calls asking for com- has a teenage daughter been a box office success
ment. The couple have from a previous marriage. since being released ear-
been dating for several Johnson has a lot to cele- lier in August.q