What Makes Or Breaks A Sports Movie?

Remember The Titans, which was number one at the box office this past weekend, is the latest in a string of successful sports movies. CBS News Early Show Contributor Laurie Hibberd discussed with CBS Sports' Jim Nantz the qualities that help make a sports movie a hit.

"Football movies are crowd pleasers," said Hibberd. But she said women will only go to them if they're feeling benevolent.

"If women are feeling in a good mood, they'll say, yeah, 'I'll go see it with you.' Generally they [sports movies] will do okay but not a blockbuster business unless there's something in it for the women."

Hibberd says the reason Jerry Maguire did well was because "it had a love story in it and Tom Cruise. There was something for everybody in this film. It worked on so many levels."

"North Dallas Forty is the quintessential football movie," said Hibberd. "It is not my personal favorite but…many football players have said it's their favorite."

Hibberd didn't care for another recent release, Any Given Sunday.

Nantz confessed that he walked out on Any Given Sunday in the presence of its director, Oliver Stone.

"It was a bit awkward, Nantz recalled. "Oliver Stone was there and along with my NFL Today colleague, Jerry Glanville, we walked right out of the building. And Oliver said, 'Where are you going? Are you coming back?' We said, 'We've got some work to do.'"

Nantz said although football is "supposed to be rough and tough, I thought it was too barbaric."

Nantz said he liked Bull Durham and Tin Cup but "my favorite sports movie of all time…is Hoosiers because of one guy, Gene Hackman, who was so believable as a head coach."

Hoosiers is based on a true story, set in 1951, about a small Indiana high school that won the state championship.

"They were from one of the smallest towns. They won," said Nantz. "It rolled out slowly, but it actually ended up doing well because it had a lot of good word-of-mouth."