[b]Are film adaptations changing the comic book industry?[/b] Friday, March 16, 2007 Box office doors were blown wide open when Frank Miller’s 300 hit theatres last weekend, once again drawing attention to the graphic novel medium. With the success of graphic...
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‘300’ is Still Counting
It may have seen a 56-percent drop in ticket sales from last weekend, but Warner Bros.' 300 nevertheless remained far ahead of its rivals at the box office in its second weekend with an estimated take of $31.2 million. The biker comedy Wild Hogs remained in second...
‘300’ is Still Counting
It may have seen a 56-percent drop in ticket sales from last weekend, but Warner Bros.' 300 nevertheless remained far ahead of its rivals at the box office in its second weekend with an estimated take of $31.2 million. The biker comedy Wild Hogs remained in second...
WARNER BROS. PICTURES GOES VIRTUAL WITH THE “300” MOVIE EXPO
WARNER BROS. PICTURES GOES VIRTUAL WITH THE “300” MOVIE EXPO Q&A With Director Zack Snyder, Graphic Novelist Frank Miller, and Cast-Members Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro Launch Month-Long “300” Movie Expo Within the Online World of Second Life Los...
‘300’ is Still Counting
It may have seen a 56-percent drop in ticket sales from last weekend, but Warner Bros.' 300 nevertheless remained far ahead of its rivals at the box office in its second weekend with an estimated take of $31.2 million. The biker comedy Wild Hogs remained in second...
‘300’ wins overseas box office battle
The Spartans easily conquered the international box office as "300" amped up an otherwise moderate frame with $15.6 million at 1,300 playdates in 13 markets. Pic buried the competition in every territory, led by a socko South Korean opening of $6.3 million at 353 that...
300 on Google Earth
Got Google Earth? See the movie lifecycle, purchase tickets in your city and view it on the Google Earth 3D map. http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/googleearth
Gerry: I will never look like this again.
AAAAAAAND, one last 300 note: At last week’s Second Life 300 press conference, we managed to ask star Gerard Butler if he would ever get into the kind of shape he did for 300 again. The answer was not unexpected, but saddening all the same: “I wasn’t in that kind of...
300: The IMAX Experience – Review
It is very rare when a movie lives up to the lofty expectations that the trailer has set. The trailer for 300 set my expectations incredibly high, but the film did not disappoint. Part of me thinks this review is pointless. If you saw the trailer, you want to see it....
300 and Other Shows
I went to watch 300 last Saturday together with Kian Siong, Yong Siah, Zhenpan and Isaac. It was truly a great epic movie with great cast and effects. Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious account of The Battle of Thermoplyae in which King...
300….Beyond Awesome
The first review that I had read about this movie asked “Can I give it more than 10 stars?” Boy does Zach Snyder's epic answer the question!! It lives up to all hype surrounding its release. The Matrix trilogy set a benchmark for CG and visual effects. 300 has taken...
‘300’ still holding off rivals at the box office
Warner Bros.' Spartan battle movie tops the $100-million mark in its second weekend. Box Office Top TenThe Spartan battle epic "300" hung tough at the box office in its second weekend, zooming well past $100 million to become the biggest hit of the new year. On the...
Warner Bros.’ `300′ Leads Box Office Receipts Again
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Inc.'s battle epic ``300'' was the highest-grossing movie for a second straight weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, taking in $31.2 million. The movie topped Sandra Bullock's ``Premonition,'' which opened in third place with $18...
Int’l b.o. numbers add up to ‘300’
Thanks to smashing bows in five Asian territories plus exceptionally strong holdover-market performances, "300" decisively dominated international boxoffice for the weekend, battling its way to an estimated $15.6 million from about 1,300 screens in 13 markets. The...
Empire of ‘300’ still intact
Warner Bros. Pictures' "300" fell a precipitous 56% in its second weekend in release, but with an estimated $127 million in boxoffice receipts after only 10 days, the CG-heavy spectacle had one soft landing, remaining at No. 1 overall for the frame with an estimated...
300 In Second Life: Bringing something new to the virtual table
Holding events in Second Life of one kind or another is not new: people have been doing this since this virtual world started back in 2003. As more businesses enter Second Life, the idea of including this virtual world as a channel in broad marketing and PR planning...
WB Goes Virtual with the 300 Movie Expo
In anticipation of the worldwide release of the epic action adventure 300, Warner Bros. Pictures launched an immersive 3-D exposition within the fast-growing online community known as Second Life. A live Q&A with the film's director, Zack Snyder, award-winning...
‘300’ Conquers Box Office for a 2nd Week
LOS ANGELES - Spartans continued to fend off the box-office competition as the battle epic "300" took the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with $31.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. movie, the story of vastly outnumbered...
Ancient epic “300” leads worldwide box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The brave Spartan soldiers of "300" enjoyed a one-sided victory at the North American box office for a second weekend, making light work of critically lambasted new challenges from Sandra Bullock and Chris Rock. According to studio estimates...
300″ is smashing expectations
The fate of the world is full of turning points. Upon reflection moral clarity seems so simple, whether it was William Wallace leading the Scots against the English or Davy Crockett at the Alamo, heroic sacrifice lives beyond tyrannical actions. While battles were...
Flick Chick: 300, Beyond the Gates
Two reviews for the price of one. Both excellent although wildly different. The message of both, though, is that there is meaning and purpose that transcends mortal existence. 300 Directed by Zack Snyder While we live in a time that seems to scream of narcissism, and...
‘300’ is a great action movie
Four stars When I think of recent epic movies, the first one that pops into my head is "300." While I was sitting in the theater, the only word that came out of my mouth was, "Wow!" Now when I say "wow," I mean "WOW!" This film seemed to have no limits on its budget....
Why Do We Need Movie Critics?
Peter Bart in Variety.com describes the disconnect between the opinions of movie critics and the viewing public that has made "300", a historical drama about the battle of Thermopylae, a runaway hit: Box office data this year suggests that filmgoers seem to be having...
300 holds on to top spot against weak competition
300, the swords-and-sandals picture for a new generation, starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and Dominic West, fell by more than half from its record-breaking opening weekend, but it still had enough steam to hold on to the number one spot in its second frame. 300,...
‘300’ still the mighty conqueror
[b]Sparring Spartans take in another $31.1 million[/b] NEW YORK - "300" ruled the roost again at the B.O. over the weekend, taking in another $31.1 million to raise its hulking two-frame cume to $127.4 million. Pic's biz dropped 56% from its opening frame. Disney's...