Entertainment | film 21 Beats the House Again Gambling pic holds off rush by Leatherheads By Matt Cantor Posted Apr 6, 2008 5:00 PM CDT Copied 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) 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. Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Hormone therapy for menopause was unfairly demonized, says the FDA. Merchants could slap new surcharges on certain credit card purchases. Report an error