Spartans Conquer Box Office

Rambo takes close 2nd as 27 Dresses and Cloverfield tumble
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 27, 2008 6:19 PM CST
Spartans Conquer Box Office
This undated photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Katherine Heigl during a scene from "27 Dresses." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Barry Wetcher)   (Associated Press)

Meet the Spartans outfought Rambo to claim top spot this weekend as both flicks knocked down last week's openers, Variety reports. Spartans, a 300 spoof, banked $18.7 million while Sly Stallone's pic scored $18.2 million. 27 Dresses crumpled to third with $13.6 million as horror pic Cloverfield toppled to fourth at $12.7 million, a crushing 68% fall from last week's number one spot.

Oscar-nominated films Juno, There Will Be Blood, and Michael Clayton saw ticket sale spikes this weekend; the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men jumped a whopping 106%, grossing $2.5 million to push the film above $50 million. Only Atonement sunk after the Oscar noms, falling 14% with $4 million, which upped its total to $37.9 million. (More film stories.)

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