King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Gerard Butler, David Wenham, Lena Headey (All British actors)
Budget
$65,000,000 (estimated)
Gross
$210,592,590 (USA) (8 July 2007)
$210,515,491 (USA) (1 July 2007)
$210,403,344 (USA) (24 June 2007)
$210,234,156 (USA) (17 June 2007)
$209,960,532 (USA) (10 June 2007)
$209,577,214 (USA) (3 June 2007)
$209,184,269 (USA) (27 May 2007)
$208,656,942 (USA) (20 May 2007)
$207,871,046 (USA) (6 May 2007)
$206,897,885 (USA) (29 April 2007)
$204,644,259 (USA) (22 April 2007)
$200,826,000 (USA) (15 April 2007)
$179,941,919 (USA) (1 April 2007)
$129,165,656 (USA) (18 March 2007)
$70,885,301 (USA) (11 March 2007)
£13,986,190 (UK) (29 April 2007)
£13,653,786 (UK) (22 April 2007)
£13,012,859 (UK) (15 April 2007)
£11,586,135 (UK) (8 April 2007)
£9,073,923 (UK) (1 April 2007)
€1,835,957 (Netherlands) (29 April 2007)
€714,509 (Netherlands) (25 March 2007)
PHP 143,138,071 (Philippines) (6 May 2007)
PHP 101,000,000 (Philippines) (3 April 2007)
PHP 67,620,000 (Philippines) (18 March 2007)
PHP 36,562,500 (Philippines) (11 March 2007)
RUR 265,523,781 (Russia) (29 April 2007)
RUR 260,047,344 (Russia) (22 April 2007)
RUR 254,060,280 (Russia) (15 April 2007)
RUR 244,145,425 (Russia) (8 April 2007)
RUR 212,841,283 (Russia) (1 April 2007)
RUR 129,658,761 (Russia) (25 March 2007)
Production Companies
• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Virtual Studios (in association with)
• Hollywood Gang Productions
• Atmosphere Entertainment MM
Distributors
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• AOL Film Downloads (2007) (USA) (video) (internet)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Facets Multimedia Distribution (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Veronica (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (2007) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
• Animal Logic (visual effects)
• Amalgamated Pixels
• At The Post (visual effects)
• Buzz Image Group (visual effects)
• CA Scanline Production (visual effects) (as Scanline)
• Creature Effects (make-up special effects)
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Hydraulx (visual effects)
• Intrigue
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects) (as Lola VFX)
• Meteor Studios
• New Deal Studios (additional photography)
• Pixel Magic (visual effects)
• ScanlineVFX
• Screaming Death Monkey (visual effects)
• Technicolor Creative Services (visual effects) (as Technicolor - Toronto and Montreal)
• XYZ-RGB (cyber scanning)
Other Companies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment dollies
• Company 3 digital intermediate
• Dolby Laboratories sound post-production
• Earth Media Studios post-production
• Locations Michel Trudel Chapman camera dollies
• Marcella C. Public Relations DVD publicity
• Metro Voices choir
• Panavision cameras and lenses
• Pictorvision stabilized ground head
• Pivotal Post Avid editing equipment provided by
• Warner Bros. Records soundtrack
• Warner Sunset Records soundtrack
• Wildfire Studios ADR recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The ADR recording facility
• yU+Co. titles
It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book.
Snyder shot at the now-defunct Icestorm Studios in Montreal using bluescreens.
The post-production lasted for a year and was handled by a total of ten special effects companies.[
Studios
Legendary Pictures
Virtual Studios
Cruel and Unusual Films (uncredited)
Virtual Studios
• Duane Hopwood (2005)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Poseidon (2006)
• The Good German (2006)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• 300 (2007)
• Gardener of Eden (2007)
• First Born (2007)
• Next (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
• Cassandra's Dream (2007)
• Hall Pass (2011)
• Priest (2011)
Legendary Pictures is an American film production company based in Burbank, California founded by Thomas Tull. The company has a 7-year, 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros., starting in 2005. Legendary Pictures' first full-length feature with Warner Bros. was the comic book movie, Batman Begins, soon followed by another comic book adaptation, Superman Returns.
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Lady in the Water (2006)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Beerfest (2006)
• We Are Marshall (2006)
• 300 (2007)
• 10,000 BC (2008)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
Vertical integration because Warner owns the studio where it was filmed.
