Reading stock quotes out of the newspaper seems archaic now, and waiting for the monthly magazine to be delivered to the mail box seems like an eternity.
After a substantial marketing push, which had Clooney, the director and star, making the talk-show rounds and magazine covers, the period football comedy from Universal fumbled at the box office.
Last on the trade magazine's list of star credentials is the ability to open a film to a significant weekend box office on the strength of his or her name alone.