Summary
The 2019 movieGood Boyshas become a streaming hit on Prime Video.Good Boysis a raunchy comedy about three preteen boys who are sent on a raucous journey after being caught with accidentally stolen drugs. The film was directed by Gene Stupnitsky and features a leading cast including Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon alongside a supporting cast of Molly Gordon, Midori Francis, Izaac Wang, Millie Davis, Will Forte, and Josh Caras.
PerCollider,Good Boyshas managed to find new life as a streaming hit. The film came in atno. 8 on Prime Video’s top 10 titles. Topping the list on Prime Video this week includedThe Beekeeper,My Spy: The Eternal City, andFallout. The two titles belowGood Boyson the top 10 list includedFromandThe Serpent Queen.
How Did Good Boys Fare When It Was Released?
WhileGood Boys' streaming success comes several years after the film was released in theaters, seeing the film do well should not come as a complete surprise. At the time of its release,Good Boyswas relatively well-received, receiving a Certified Fresh81% on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as an audience approval rating of 86%. Though some critics felt thatGood Boysrelied too heavily on crass humor, critics and audiences alike found the film to be funny overall, with ample praise offered to its young lead actors.
Even more impressive thanGood Boys' reviewswas its box office performance.Good Boyswas made on a budget of $20 million, which is substantial for a comedy of its scale. The film ended up making back its budget and more, already recouping its baseline budget in the first weekend byopening to $21.4 million.Good Boys' worldwide gross ended up coming out to a whopping $111.1 million, making it such that the film made its budget 5 times over.
Why Good Boys Is A Box Office Hit (But Booksmart Struggled)
Good Boys and Booksmart are two summer 2019 comedies doing their riff on the Superbad premise, but only the former was a hit at the box office.
With the recent Prime Video success, it seems thatGood Boyscannot only claim release success, but it also has clearlystood the test of time.Though the raunchy teen comedy is popular,Good Boysstood out by taking a story of 6th-grade boys and turning it into an R-rated odyssey. Stupnitsky, a formerproducer forThe Office, handled these themes well and has continued to do so on his next projects such asNo Hard Feelings.GoodBoysremains one of his highest-regarded films, so it is good to see it get new life on streaming.
Good Boys
Cast
Written and directed by Gene Stupnitsky, with writing help from Lee Eisenberg, Good Boys is a Comedy starring Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon, and Keith L. Williams. The 2019 film follows three sixth-graders that end up in a series of situations while trying to attend a party.
