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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>Greece fantasy-action movie ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ raked in $45 million in its opening weekend.</strong></span><br />
            <br />LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Bloody ancient Greece 
fantasy-action movie "300: Rise of an Empire" slayed the competition at 
the North American box office this weekend, estimated figures showed 
Sunday.<br />

The gory follow-up to the 2007 hit "300" raked in $45 million in its 
opening weekend, although it was some way off the $70.9 million the 
original film earned on opening.<br />

The latest film, based on an as-yet-unreleased graphic novel by Frank
 Miller, sees the return of several characters from the first film, 
notably the fearsome Persian warrior Xerxes played by Rodrigo Santoro.<br />
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In second place was another debut, animated children's film "Mr Peabody & Sherman." <br />

The film, based on characters from the 1960s television cartoon 
"Rocky and Bullwinkle" follows the adventures of a super-intelligent 
canine who adopts a human infant.<br />

The Fox movie took $32.5 million, box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported.<br />

In third spot was last week's number one film, "Non-Stop", the Liam 
Neeson action movie set on an long-haul flight. The film added another 
$15 million to its total earnings.<br />

Fourth place was occupied by "The Lego Movie", the hit animated film 
inspired by the children's toy building blocks, with $11 million.<br />

Religious epic "Son of God" meanwhile added $10 million to take fifth spot.<br />

George Clooney's "The Monuments Men" starring Bill Murray, Matt 
Damon, and Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, took sixth place with 
$3.1 million.<br />

The Kevin Costner thriller "3 Days To Kill", about a secret agent 
tasked with one final deadly mission, was seventh with $3.06 million.<br />
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Animated Oscar-winner "Frozen", loosely based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, took eighth spot with $3.01 million.<br />

Newly crowned Academy Awards best picture winner "12 Years A Slave" 
returned to the top 10 this week following its Oscar triumph last 
Sunday.<br />

Steve McQueen's harrowing slavery drama earned $2.2 million in its 21st week of release to stand ninth.<br />

Comedy "Ride Along" rounded out the top 10 with $2 million.<br /> 
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'300' sequel slays box-office rivals

Greece fantasy-action movie ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ raked in $45 million in its opening weekend. LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Blood...