\Well, it looks like I was wrong. George Clooney's Leatherheads couldn't get to the top of the charts on charm alone. The Blackjack thriller 21 was the ace-in-the-hole for the 2nd straight week at the box office for some reason and though it looked as the football flick was destined to hit #2 with the original Sunday projections of the box office take, something funny happened on the way to Monday.
When the votes were tallied during the recount it actually turned out that adventurous Abigail Indiana Breslin beat out the gridiron gag show with Nim's Island. I'm not sure what this says about Clooney's bank-ability, but I'm more inclined to say who cares?
Do you know how many kids there are in this country and how many parents would like them to be quiet for at least an hour and a half….about 13 million dollars worth. Furthermore, I'm not really sure why we need box office 
projections. Can't we just be patient enough to see what a film's actual take is? We're projecting projections before a weekend is over.
What if it a force majeur like an unexpected rainstorm hit a crowded street fair consisting of mostly rabid George Clooney fans directly outside of a multiplex and caused those numbers to be greatly shifted at the last second. I know entertainment is big business, but I see no cause for controversy over box office numbers when we're ultimately playing an unnecessary guessing game. Clooney isn't destined to become any less of a star after his movie opening in 3rd place. Men will still want to be him, women will still want to be with him, and he'll keep making films he believes in.
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