[rktman]

Awwwwwwwww. But, clooney and his moose limb wife can still pony up a million to fight hate to the splc so not everyone is hurting from the decline in box office receipts.

[neverevergiveup]

People like Clooney are actually Hollywood's problem. What filmmakers in the US ought to be doing is looking for good original writers, and making lower budget movies - including not paying stars like Clooney. Hollywood created ‘stars’ like Clooney, not the other way around, and filmmakers don't need ‘stars’ to make good movies. There are plenty of actors and actresses out there who never get a shot at a major movie, and who are as talented or more talented than those who do.

These lower budget movies won't likely be ‘blockbusters’, but studios won't lose their shirts because they won't have to pull in at least $100,000,000 to break even. It's way past time for the film industry to start being creative and original rather than spending a ton of money on 'stars' and special effects - particularly in the context of their incessant remakes.

That said, as we all know, the film industry is also suffering the effects of people getting sick of having Hollywood's political agenda pushed at them.