'21' trumps 'Leatherheads'

April 06, 2008 Universal's "Leatherheads," a period pigskin comedy toplined and directed by George Clooney, failed to convert pre-release projections into boxoffice glory and finished second this weekend to Sony's repeat champ "21." Industrywide, the session's $95 million in collective boxoffice represented a big 23% decline from the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI data. The year-ago frame was an Easter weekend and thus was bolstered by the holiday's generally more robust boxoffice.

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