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‘300′ gets a Spartan push to a $70 mil. Opening Weekend

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on March 11, 2007

No, the “official” box office numbers are not in — it is still only Sunday afternoon. But thanks to Brandon Gray and the crack staff at Box Office Mojo, we do have some estimates. Those estimates, which are generally pretty accurate, show Zack Snyder’s epic 300 raking in $70 million dollars, a total that would make it the biggest March opening in history. Here are the estimates for the top 5:

Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #

1. 300 (Warner Bros.)
$70.0 million | 3,103 | $70.0 million | 1

2. Wild Hogs (Buena Vista)
$28.0 million | 3,296 | $77.4 million | 2

3. Bridge to Terabithia (Buena Vista)
$6.9 million | 3,210 | $67.0 million | 4

4. Ghost Rider (Sony / Columbia)
$6.8 million | 3,347 | $104.1 million | 4

5. Zodiac (Paramount)
$6.8 million | 2,379 | $23.7 million | 2

Wild Hogs held onto the non-R rated lead, keeping the populous of non-fanboys and action lovers happy, while every other flick dropped below the $10 million mark. Now, these estimates may come as a small surprise seeing as Warner Brothers and many others initially placed 300’s opening in the $40-$50 million mark, but after a $27 million dollar Friday, $70 mil. wasn’t too far out of reach. Of course, we will anxiously await the final numbers that will be released tomorrow, but at this point 300’s success is one for the record books.

Related Reading:

FSR’s Official 300 Preview Page
The Exclusive-ish 300 Giveaway!
300 Reviews: Neil Miller, El Bicho, Loukas Tsouknidas, Matthew Alexander and Tara Settembre