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The ancient battle of Thermopylae was the stuff of 2007's first certified blockbuster as the bloody action tale "300" debuted with $70 million over opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That's about $233,000 for every one of the legendary 300 Spartan soldiers who fought off a much larger Persian force in the epic battle.
"On a Spartan-by-Spartan basis, that's a lot of money," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "Summer came a little early, because this is a summer-style opening."
The number of movie-goers for the Warner Bros. epic "300" outnumbered crowds for the rest of the top-10 movies combined. If the estimate holds when final numbers are released Monday, "300" would break the record for best March debut ever, topping the $68 million haul for "Ice Age: The Meltdown" last year.
Haven't gotten to see it yet, but looking forward to it, moreso now.
Also, don't miss 300 on the NES.
That's about $233,000 for every one of the legendary 300 Spartan soldiers who fought off a much larger Persian force in the epic battle.
"On a Spartan-by-Spartan basis, that's a lot of money," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "Summer came a little early, because this is a summer-style opening."
The number of movie-goers for the Warner Bros. epic "300" outnumbered crowds for the rest of the top-10 movies combined. If the estimate holds when final numbers are released Monday, "300" would break the record for best March debut ever, topping the $68 million haul for "Ice Age: The Meltdown" last year.
Haven't gotten to see it yet, but looking forward to it, moreso now.
Also, don't miss 300 on the NES.
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I should be seeing it on Tuesday, with the fiance` and his mom. (She is an awesome mom - Trav tells me she never balked at the prospect of renting him Predator when he was, like, ten.) I've heard meh reviews, and complaints that the blood is "orgiastic" (like that's a bad thing?) and the film is "sexist" (um...the WORLD was sexist back then, dude), but they haven't deterred me.
The plan was to bring a flask in and drink every time they say "Sparta," but I've been taking a lot of cold medicine and I don't think my liver could take the added strain.
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