It provided the pic with a nice opening Super Bowl ad.

Overall, things are gelling for a 45-day window for the more commercial films.

Damon plays maverick Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro and Affleck is Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

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Thats always been softer, but movies also do really well in that period, he noted.

There is opportunity there.

Mitchell served as CEO through 2006.

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His son Kevin Mitchell, 54, succeeds him as a Mitchell board designee.