Big-screen bout: ‘Soul Men’ vs. ‘Role Models’
Box-office props
There’s not much to say here. Sam Jackson’s movies alone have probably taken in more money than all the other main actors’ movies combined.
Winner: “Soul Men” (Stuart Ramson / Associated Press)
X factor
“Soul Men”: It’s the sentimentality of seeing
“Role Models”: ... versus little Bobb’e and McLovin’s cute antics.
Winner: “Soul Men.” Audiences don’t always flock for sentimentality, but it does add a little something to it. (At left is Mac family at the premiere.) Though it would’ve done monster business no matter what, it must be said that
