The battle cries of the Spartan soldiers have once again galloped to the top of the box office: 300: Rise of an Empire took the top spot in this weekend's box office, coming home with an impressive $45 million in receipts in its first weekend alone. 

According to ScreenRant, even though the sequel to the hit 300 lacks many of the key characters (no Gerard Butler!), it still has done pretty well for itself. Indeed, with $45 million in opening weekend receipts, it's the second-best opening of the year. It bears noting that the $45 million is only in domestic receipts; abroad, 300: Rise of an Empire has raked in a total of $87 million in 32 international markets. Experts are predicting that the film's initial $100 million budget will be more than met in no time; if so, expect Warner Brothers to announce yet another sequel to 300 soon.

And, according to 24-7 Wall Street, the success of 300: Rise of an Empire is only continuing on the success of Warner Brothers, as a studio, in 2014: The Lego Movie, also distributed by the movie giant, is the top-grossing film of the year, with an impressive $225 million in domestic receipts alone. 

Speaking of The Lego Movie, it's because the film has run its course, domestically, that Mr. Peabody & Sherman can take the #2 movie spot this week. The film, which draws from pretty obscure source material (compared to The Lego Movie, especially) and didn't have the marketing budget that most of Warner Brothers' films had, still did alright for itself, bringing home $32.5 million in domestic receipts. 

Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson, came in at #3; it has grossed $52 million in domestic receipts so far.

The aforementioned The Lego Movie came in at #4, adding $11 million in domestic receipts to its already impressive total.

Rounding out the top 5 from this week's box office receipts is the controversial Son of God, which added $10 million to its total. Considering that this is a "Bible movie," and much of the film is repurposed material from "The Bible" miniseries that originally aired on The History Channel, it's really not that bad!