Weekend Receipts: Immortals Transmits Jack and Jill Downhill to Number Two Slot

Although it didn’t quite slay Jack and Jill in the box office — a far more resounding spanking might’ve restored my belief in humanity, however, many, many people still arrived on the scene for that Adam Sandler twinsies comedy — Tarsem’s fantasy actioner Immortals exceeded anticipation coming to some surprising $32 million number 1 opening, the very best ever debut for studio Relativity Media. Also: Puss in Boots and Tower Heist ongoing to slip lower the ranks, with J. Edgar creating a decent go of products to complete the very best 5. Join in for the Weekend Receipts! 1. Immortals Gross: $32,000,000 (new) Screens: 3,112 (PSA $10,283) Days: 1 Commentators had Tarsem’s bloody spin on Greek mythology called to get behind the twin star energy of Adam Sandler playing opposite themself, but surprise! Immortals shot to # 1 in the beginning, because of a mostly youthful crowd along with a advertising campaign that invoked the title of 300, Zack Snyder’s stylized period ab-fest. The auspicious opening is a great sign for future Superman Henry Cavill, who makes his action debut because the sword-swinging, sandal-putting on Theseus. 2. Jack and Jill Gross: $26,000,000 (new) Screens: 3,438 (PSA $7,563) Days: 1 It might came in a smidge underneath the $$ 30 million opening range usual for an Adam Sandler movie, but $26 million price of ticket purchasers still checked out a clip and advertisements and abysmal reviews for Jack and Jill and thought, “Gee, why don't you?” (Additionally the truth that it got a b- rating in the under-18 segment from the questioned audience.) I be sad for humanity. Just when was Adam Sandler just likely to completely quit making Re-Do, already? 3. Puss in Boots Gross: $25,500,000 ($108,809,000) Screens: 3,903 (PSA $6,533) Days: 3 (Change: -22.9%) The Shrek spin-off broke $100 million domestic now, showing some endurance in the third week of release. Guess which means that Puss in Boots 2 announcement arrives every day, right? 4. Tower Heist Gross: $13,200,000 ($43,900,000) Screens: 3,370 (PSA $3,917) Days: 2 (Change: -45.1%) Give Tower Heist another couple of days also it’ll fade from your collective memory, like this fever dream all of us had where Brett Ratner was pointing the Academy awards. '! As though. 5. J. Edgar Gross: $11,470,000 (new) Screens: 1,910 (PSA $6,005) Days: 1 Clint Eastwood’s would-be Oscar heavyweight shrank in stature now because of mixed looks at the great Oscars giant of year it ain’t. Even combined, the prestige sheen from the biopic and star energy of Leonardo diCaprio (in old guy makeup! Making eyes at Armie Hammer! Speaking having a funny accent!) couldn’t even buoy J. Edgar to complement the outlet amounts of Hereafter, which only agreed to be a film about Matt Damon seeing dead people. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.