“Leatherheads,” the 1920s sports comedy directed by George Clooney, is set to score at the North American box office this weekend, media reported Friday. This film stars Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski as well as its director Clooney who also plays a professional football player in the sport's anarchic early days.
“Leatherheads” is tracking well with older men and women, and interest seemed to be building this week among male youngsters.
Other openers include the family fantasy “Nim's Island,” starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler, the horror film “The Ruins,” and the Weinstein Co.'s drama “My Blueberry Nights.”
Paramount Classics' “Shine a Light,” a Rolling Stones concert film directed by Martin Scorsese, opens in 276 theaters, including 93 Imax venues.
And much depends on how “21,” Sony's drama which topped the domestic box office last weekend, performs during its second round.
Industry opinion is mixed on whether April will be a help or hindrance in 2008's struggle to outpace the year-ago box office totals.
