LOS ANGELES – Big-budget 3-D epic “Immortals” topped the top of the box office this weekend, beating an Adam Sandler comedy and a Leonardo DiCaprio biopic, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Director Clint Eastwood speaks to reporters at the premiere of his latest movie "J. Edgar" at the Newseum last week in Washington, DC. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. It opened last Friday. AFP Photo
Set in ancient Greece, “Immortals” scored $32 million in weekend receipts, pushing it past Sandler’s “Jack and Jill,” in which he plays both a successful Los Angeles advertising executive and his needy identical twin sister Jill.
The comedy came in second with $26 million, according to monitor Exhibitor Relations.
Animated kids’ romp “Puss in Boots,” last week’s leader, took third place with $25.5 million. The flick features voice work by Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis and Billy Bob Thornton.
In fourth was “Tower Heist,” with an all-star cast led by Eddie Murphy, at $13.2 million.
It was trailed by Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” which stars DiCaprio as late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and raked in $11.5 million.
Comedy sequel “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas” fell to sixth place, with $5.9 million, besting futuristic thriller “In Time” starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried at $4.2 million.
Dropping to the eighth spot was “Paranormal Activity 3,” with $3.6 million over the weekend but an impressive total of $100.8 million over four weeks in theaters.
A remake of the hit 1980s dance romp “Footloose” slipped to ninth at $2.7 million, ahead of the boxing robots of “Real Steel,” with the Disney hit for children starring Hugh Jackman taking in $2 million.