Zack Snyder’s 300 made it to blockbuster status this weekend, as the movie about the epic battle of Thermopylae debuted with ticket sales totaling over $70 million.  300 beats that darn Ice Age curse as now becoming the top selling movie ever in the month of March.  Hooray.

CBS made an interesting comparison for the $70 ticket sales saying, “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.” 

Well done, CBS.  Couldn’t have said it better myself.

300 wildly outnumbered the previous 2007 films so far this year & reigns on top as the best seller.  Here are the actual numbers:

1. “300,” $70 million.

2. “Wild Hogs,” $28 million.

3. “Bridge to Terabithia,” $6.9 million.

4. “Ghost Rider,” $6.8 million.

5. “Zodiac,” $6.77 million.

6. “The Number 23,” $4.33 million.

7. “Norbit,” $4.3 million.

8. “Music and Lyrics,” $3.8 million.

9. “Breach,” $2.6 million.

10. “Amazing Grace,” $2.5 million.

I think that Wild Hogs being #2 just proves that America wants more (& better) family movies.  Someone get on that!

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