Will Ferrell was, at one point, about as big of a star as one can hope to find in the world of comedy.
Following his legendary stint on “Saturday Night Live,” the actor had great success in movies such as “Anchorman” and “Step Brothers” in the first decade of the 2000s.
But in 2008, Ferrell led an all-star cast that also included the likes of Woody Harrelson, Andre 3000, Will Arnett, and many other famous comedy faces that audiences know and love in a basketball comedy called “Semi-Pro.” It was a movie with all the talent in the world which, unfortunately, didn’t quite live up to expectations at the time of its release.While the film topped the box office on its opening weekend back in March of 2008, it topped out at $44 million worldwide against a reported budget of $55 million.
Critics also were not terribly kind to the sports comedy at the time.
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