'300' Smashes Box Office Record

from CNN

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.

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.