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Superman was a box office flop. But… « Fred Klonsky's blog

Superman was a box office flop. But… « Fred Klonsky's blog

Superman was a box office flop. But…

At the NEA RA last July there was concern among some delegates about the anticipated release of Waiting for Superman. There were even a few items brought to the floor that called for the NEA to spend a couple of million bucks in a counter media attack.

But the NEA leadership saw to it that calmer heads prevailed. And they turned out to be prescient.

Right-winger Rick Hess looks at the Superman box office in his blog at EdWeek.

The movie is now finishing its theatrical run, dribbling out of the last few theaters. How big a splash did it make? As of December 13, the flick had done