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 "Movie House: Hannibal Lecter + Pootie Tang's Daddy = Box Office Gold?"). "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.