and Shane kiss backstage. Cast Soundtrack Reception Box office Entertainment Weekly predicted that the film would earn about $17 million and come in second behind John Travolta's Be Cool. It opened at #1 in the box office upon its opening weekend with $30.6 million. By the end of its run, it earned $198.6 million worldwide. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 21% approval rating based on 130 reviews, with an average rating of 3.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Vin Diesel parodies his tough guy image for the family audience, but the result is only moderately amusing." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, writing, "This premise is promising, but somehow the movie never really takes off." Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "If [audiences] swallow this odoriferous exercise in calculated career repositioning, they'll swallow anything." Possible sequel In December 2015, Vin Diesel said that a sequel was being written. References External links 2005 action comedy films 2005 comedy films 2005 films American action comedy films 2000s English-language films Films about babies Films about children Films about families Films about siblings Films about the Serbian Mafia Films about widowhood Films directed by Adam Shankman Films produced by Roger Birnbaum Films scored by John Debney Films set in Montgomery County, Maryland Films shot in Toronto Scouting in popular culture Spyglass Entertainment films Walt Disney Pictures films 2000s American films