Meet the Spartans, a parody of the ancient Greek warriors lionized in last year's hit 300, topped the North American weekend box office with $18.7 million, emerging victorious over the return of Sylvester Stallone's signature action hero.
"I think everyone expected Rambo to be No. 1," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media by Numbers that compiles box office projections.
"There are definitely a lot of serious films out there now but there was a big enough audience looking to have silly, mindless fun at movie theatres," Dergarabedian said.
Over the same weekend last year, another parody from News Corp-owned Twentieth Century Fox, Epic Movie, led the box office with an almost identical haul to Meet the Spartans.
"Fox has sort of perfected the art of the spoof movie released at this time," Dergarabedian said.
According to estimates for the United States and Canada issued on Sunday, Rambo, a joint release from Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company, debuted at No. 2 with $18.2 million, while last week's box office champ, rampaging-monster flick Cloverfield, fell to No. 4 with a take of $12.7 million.
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