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!