Nikki: Clooney’s ‘Leatherheads’ Fumbles Friday
I’m told early box office numbers show that Leatherheads, the screwball comedy about the early days of football directed by George Clooney who also stars, opened Friday as the No. 2 pic to less than $4.3 million from 2,769 North American theaters. According to sources, the movie “will struggle” to get to $15 million by the end of the weekend. This is a mediocre start for the Universal pic. But worse news for Clooney’s career. Because right now he is a big movie star but not a big box office star, and his superstar payday definitely depends on the latter. Instead, Sony’s 21 casino caper came in #1 Friday with $5.2 million, down only 39% from its opening last weekend.
Via Nikki