Chris Rock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sandra Bullock and Liz Phair — could this week's movie openings be any more eclectic?

"Bad Company" pairs the unlikely duo of Rock and Hopkins in a high-energy action comedy (click here for photos from the film). Rock plays a street hustler who's recruited by Hopkins to finish an operation that Rock's CIA agent twin brother died working on (see ). "Bad Company" was directed by Joel Schumacher, whose credits include the last two installments of the "Batman" franchise, "8MM," "Falling Down" and '80s teen-vampire classic "The Lost Boys."

The week's other big opening, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," is about as far away from "buddy action picture" as a movie can get. Based on characters created by author Rebecca Wells and directed by "Thelma & Louise" screenwriter Callie Khouri, "Ya-Ya" traces a group of lifelong friends' attempts to help a young playwright (Bullock) come to terms with her mother's eccentric tendencies and complicated past. Ellen Burstyn, who delivered a jaw-dropping performance as a mother with eccentricities of an altogether different sort in "Requiem for a Dream," plays the role of Bullock's odd parent. "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" also stars Ashley Judd.

Both movies will go up against last week's big opener, "The Sum of All Fears" as well as box office mainstays "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" and "Spider-Man."

"Cherish," starring Robin Tunney, Jason Priestley, "Saturday Night Live" alumna Nora Dunn and rocker Liz Phair, will steer clear of the fray as it eases into a small number of theaters. The low-key release is a dark comedy about a woman, played by Tunney, who tries to build a new life for herself after being placed on house arrest.