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21 Beats the House Again

Posted Apr 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – 21 beat the odds for a second straight week and held off George Clooney’s Leatherheads, Variety reports. The gambling pic garnered $15.1 million, while the old-school football laffer, tripped up by poor reviews, tied with family flick Nim’s Island for second spot, each banking about $13.5 million.

Hit Horton took fourth place with $9.1 million, while The Ruins opened in fifth with $7.84 million and Superhero Movie banked $5.4 million in sixth. Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns earned $3.51 million in seventh and Drillbit Taylor made $3.49 million in eighth. Ticket sales kept slumping overall, down 27% among the top 12 films compared to this frame last year, Bloomberg reports.

Sources: Variety, Bloomberg, Entertainment Weekly

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From left, writer Ben Mezrich, real-life subject of the film Jeffrey Ma, and producer Dana Brunetti attend a Cinema Society screening of "21" at the IFC Center, Wednesday, March 26, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Director Robert Luketic arrives for the premiere of Columbia Pictures' film "21" at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
In this image released by Universal Pictures George Clooney, center, leads the huddle in a scene from "Leatherheads."   (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon)
This undated photo provided by Fox shows Abigail Breslin in a scene from "Nim's Island."   (AP Photo/Fox)
Ben Stiller arrives at a screening of " The Ruins" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Stiller was an executive producer of the film.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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