Box Office Revisionism

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Further accelerating his apparent collapse from coveted leading man to salt-and-pepper has-been, revised opening weekend figures for George Clooney's Leatherheads put the screwball gridiron comedy at a lackluster $12.6 million — a full million below Universal's original report and only enough for a third-place finish behind 21 and Nim's Island. While we maintain our original suspicion that no film can withstand a Reel Geezers pan, we don't actually think this portends the catastrophe foretold by more dedicated skeptics. We also appreciate Steven Zeitchik's moral support on Clooney's behalf at his Risky Biz blog: "Clooney hasn't opened a movie in a decade. Apart from the Ocean's pics — which the presence of Damon and Pitt render useless as evidence — no Clooney-anchored movie in recent memory has cracked $13 million in its first weekend of wide release. The Good German? Michael Clayton? Intolerable Cruelty? ... Box office just isn't his thing." Yessir, color us reassured. [Reuters]

4:50 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
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KittyCarlisle at 05:06 PM on 04/08/08
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Clooney: How 'bout we go up to your place and I lackluster your box-office opening?

Me: Okey-Dokey.

Sorry, I was reminiscing...
Dorothy at 06:08 PM on 04/08/08
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Don't waste your time@KittyCarlisle: [radaronline.com]
Dorothy at 06:12 PM on 04/08/08
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LittleMissPartlyCloudy at 03:05 AM on 04/09/08
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Are you telling me "Solaris" didn't open large? What about that divorced-parents-who-hook-up flick? Neither?
CourageousCoward at 09:22 AM on 04/09/08
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Connectedness Index: 62

O Brother, where hast thou gone?
Dorothy at 09:03 PM on 04/09/08
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A promo shot of the cloonster who will reprise his starring role in
Comedy Central's rendition of "lil george"
(bush sold separately)

The two- minute, one episode pilot will air on
Comedy Central at 1:48 am on Monday and is titled I AM A POLE Magnet and You are Dead Weight: Next!
Dorothy at 09:05 PM on 04/09/08
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@CourageousCoward: A promo shot of the cloonster who will reprise his starring role in
Comedy Central's rendition of "lil george"
(bush sold separately)

The two- minute, one episode pilot will air on
Comedy Central at 1:48 am on Monday and is titled I AM A POLE Magnet and You are Dead Weight: Next!