On Apr 9, 3:31=A0pm, Taylor <lukebenw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Only the 'Oceans' franchise, which has a star-studded cast, is the
> exception.
>
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>
> Clooney's latest fumbles at box office
>
> Wed, April 9, 2008
>
> The period football offering Leatherheads didn't draw the fans.
>
> By MICHAEL RECHSTAFFEN
>
> HOLLYWOOD -- After this past weekend's box office receipts were
> tallied, George Clooney remains a movie star minus the accompanying
> marquee value.
>
> Back in October, we examined the conundrum that is Clooney -- a smart,
> affable guy with ridiculously good looks and equal amounts of talent
> on both sides of the camera, which somehow never have translated into
> any kind of clout at the box office.
>
> At one point, Michael Clayton looked to be the movie that would change
> those fortunes, but even with an Oscar win (for Tilda Swinton) and a
> nomination for Clooney, the legal thriller failed to pass the $50-
> million mark over the course of its initial run and subsequent re-
> release.
>
> Observers were then looking at Leatherheads, a period football movie
> teaming Clooney, Renee Zellweger and The Office's John Krasinski to do
> the trick, but the throwback screwball comedy, also directed by
> Clooney, fumbled in its first weekend.
>
21 got terrible reviews; Clooney's are so-so, kinda middle of the
road, according to what I read.
> Maybe Clooney should be open to an Ocean's Fourteen.
I think Out of Sight did pretty well....
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