Reception
Bubble Boy was both a critical and commercial failure. The film opened at #13 at the U.S. Box office raking in $2,038,349 USD in its first opening weekend, being a major box office bomb.
The film also received mostly negative reviews from critics, and as of November 20, 2008 has a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 82 reviews (24 "fresh", 58 "rotten"). The consensus on the site reads, "Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny."
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