Grandma's Boy

2006 | Comedy, Arrested Development, Bawdy Comedy, Erotica, Slacker

Synopsis

A thirty-five-year-old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates.

Scores

Overall Score
69.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
80.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
64.7%
Review Aggregate
53.0

Critic Consensus

15.0% Fresh • 60 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 15% of 60 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, dark. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnydarkcoming of agegrittycharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Linda Cardellini2006$212,000$330,000(est)
Allen Covert2006$131,000$203,000(est)
Peter Dante2006$98,000$153,000(est)
Shirley Jones2006$80,000$125,000(est)
Shirley Knight2006$69,000$107,000(est)
Joel David Moore2006$61,000$94,000(est)
Kevin Nealon2006$54,000$85,000(est)
Doris Roberts2006$49,000$77,000(est)
Nick Swardson2006$46,000$71,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score15.0
RT critic review count60
Rotten Tomatoes audience score85.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes91,758

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$6,090,172$9,476,622
International2006$476,105$740,844
Worldwide2006$6,566,277$10,217,466

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2006$3,235,528$5,034,649
Digital Rentals ?2006$375,000$583,519
Digital Purchases ?2006$115,000$178,946
Physical Rentals ?2006$11,839,000$18,422,095
Physical Purchases ?2006$27,926,000$43,454,298
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$2,436,069$3,790,649
Total Revenues2006$45,926,597$71,464,156
Expenses
Budget ?2006$5,000,000$7,780,258
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$5,088,000 (est)$7,917,191 (est)
Participations2006$3,674,000$5,716,934
Residuals ?2006$3,070,000$4,777,078
Interest & Overhead2006$1,000,000$1,556,052
Total Expenses2006$17,832,000$27,747,513
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$28,094,597$43,716,643

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