By The Numbers: "Meet the Spartans" #1 at Box Office
Method Man is having a good week in the film biz. Not only did his Sundance movie The Wackness just get sold to Sony Classics, but Meet the Spartans, where Meth plays the Persian Emissary in the 300 spoof, shocked industry insiders by beating out Rambo, Cloverfield and 27 Dresses as the top grossing film this past weekend.
Meet the Spartans ($18.7 million this weekend) barely edged out Rambo ($18.1 million) for the #1 spot. Cloverfield dropped an astounding 68% in comparison to last week proving that all the J.J. Abrams lovers went to see the movie the first week and failed to expand upon that. The step/hip-hop dance film How She Move which featured guest appearances by Mya and Keyshia Cole performed to expectations with $4.1 million in limited theaters. How She Move wasn't a failure nor was it success but it should have some legs to it on DVD like most hip-hop dance films do. Critics actually felt it was a good movie which is a rarity for dance films as well.
Expect Meet the Spartans to have a heavy drop off next week but it should still make about $40-$45 million total with Rambo coming in at about the same level. Maybe Method Man will become the new lucky charm for box office success. Even his TV role in an episode of "Law & Order: SVU" was one of the highest rated episodes for the franchise program.
that photo of the fat 300 soldier is great. i havent seen rambo yet but i want to even though i know its going to be so bad its funny
Posted by: E-Rod | Jan 28, 2008 at 09:41 AM
It's Chris Farley! He's back, in Spartan form!
Posted by: m@ | Jan 28, 2008 at 09:44 AM
LMAO AT M@. HOMEBOY DOES LOOK LIKE CHRIS FARLEY. BEVERLYHILLS NINJA FOO!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Turon | Jan 28, 2008 at 12:58 PM
I watched this movie yesterday and it really wasn't funny, I wanted to like it I tried my best to enjoy it but it was painful to watch.
Posted by: Rekzai | Jan 30, 2008 at 12:24 AM