'Immortals' ascends to No. 1 weekend with $32.2M

[November 15, 2011]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The action adventure "Immortals" claimed the top spot at the weekend box office with $32.2 million, debuting ahead of Adam Sandler's comedy "Jack and Jill," which opened at No. 2 with $25 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "Immortals," Relativity Media, $32,206,425, 3,112 locations, $10,349 average, $32,206,425, one week.

2. "Jack and Jill," Sony, $25,003,575, 3,438 locations, $7,273 average, $25,003,575, one week.

3. "Puss in Boots," Paramount, $24,726,193, 3,903 locations, $6,335 average, $108,035,359, three weeks.

4. "Tower Heist," Universal, $12,773,765, 3,370 locations, $3,790 average, $43,465,615, two weeks.

5. "J. Edgar," Warner Bros., $11,217,324, 1,910 locations, $5,873 average, $11,315,858, one week.

6. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas," Warner Bros., $5,915,143, 2,875 locations, $2,057 average, $23,237,525, two weeks.

7. "In Time," Fox, $4,081,881, 2,591 locations, $1,575 average, $30,598,618, three weeks.

8. "Paranormal Activity 3," Paramount, $3,611,283, 2,776 locations, $1,301 average, $100,808,835, four weeks.

9. "Footloose," Paramount, $2,726,736, 2,215 locations, $1,231 average, $48,767,514, five weeks.

10. "Real Steel," Disney, $1,864,688, 1,758 locations, $1,061 average, $81,612,804, six weeks.

11. "Moneyball," Sony, $1,066,267, 813 locations, $1,312 average, $71,857,836, eight weeks.

12. "Courageous," Sony, $1,012,220, 905 locations, $1,118 average, $31,565,808, seven weeks.

13. "The Ides of March," Sony, $944,292, 696 locations, $1,357 average, $38,358,318, six weeks.

14. "The Rum Diary," FilmDistrict, $803,456, 947 locations, $848 average, $12,371,440, three weeks.

15. "Dolphin Tale," Warner Bros., $693,294, 705 locations, $983 average, $69,634,072, eight weeks.

16. "Rockstar," Eros International, $612,235, 112 locations, $5,466 average, $612,235, one week.

17. "Anonymous," Sony, $582,527, 482 locations, $1,209 average, $3,753,918, three weeks.

18. "Margin Call," Roadside Attractions, $545,521, 199 locations, $2,741 average, $3,312,204, four weeks.

19. "50/50," Summit, $507,529, 424 locations, $1,197 average, $33,841,644, seven weeks.

20. "Like Crazy," Paramount Vantage, $504,512, 70 locations, $7,207 average, $1,055,778, three weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

[Associated Press]

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