The New York Times-20080128--Spartans- Victorious Over Rambo- -Brief-

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'Spartans' Victorious Over Rambo; [Brief]

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Meet the Spartans, a parody starring Sean Maguire and Carmen Electra in yet another retelling of the historic battle against the Persians, barely outslugged Sylvester Stallone in Rambo to seize control of the No. 1 ranking at the weekend box office. In their debuts Meet the Spartans, distributed by Fox, pulled in an estimated $18.7 million, while Rambo (Lionsgate) came away with $18.1 million, the tracking company Media by Numbers reported. The romantic comedy 27 Dresses (Fox), with $13.6 million, fell to third place from second last week. The monster movie Cloverfield (Paramount), on a gross of $12.7 million, plunged to fourth place from No. 1 a week ago. Fifth place went to the newcomer Untraceable (Sony), the horror thriller starring Diane Lane as an F.B.I. cyberwizard. It grossed $11.2 million.