The original 300 film, in all of its vulgar American chauvinism, captured rather distinctly the bellicose and fascistic energies of a collectively hallucinating nation at the tail end of the Bush era — and it reaped in
box office revenue close to half a billion dollars for its success in playing to the national mood.
That 28 percent year - over-year increase means China is
closing in on the U.S., the world's largest film market, which is expected to see approximately $ 11 billion of
box -
office revenue in 2016.