
Warner Bros.' bloody, f/x-heavy battle pic "300" made an outright assault on the B.O. over the weekend, mopping up just over $70 million and bludgeoning any negative reviews in its path.Playing in more than 3,100 theaters, pic was the third biggest R-rated opener ever -- behind "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Passion of the Christ" -- and the biggest R-rated opener in March.Helmer Zack Snyder and graphic novelist Frank Miller's muscle-bound vision of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae easily decapitated any competish for the No. 1 spot, but B.O. as a whole was robust.More...