'Immortals' rules at weekend B.O.

'Immortals'Relativity Media's "Immortals" shipped a far greater-than-expected thought debut perf at $32 million from three,112 domestic locations, which lands the film around the greater rung toward profitability, though you will discover still additional circumstances at play.B.O. experts had predicted the vfx-driven 3d epic to produce around $25 million through Sunday, which Relativity mentioned is a solid start to recuperating its $75 million investment after tax savings. The studio has reduced that risk further by about two-thirds, due to foreign pre-sales. But simply like just about any film where exhibs participate roughly half from the eventual domestic B.O., put in roughly $35 million P&A spend, Relativity will be based mainly on a squishy ancillary target in the difference for "Immortals."Released worldwide via local distribs, "Immortals" acquired north of $36 million from 35 overseas areas, including China, Germany, Italia, Japan, Russia as well as the U.K. (Pre-sales to foreign distribs prevents Relativity from collecting anything else within the overseas B.O., for how a film works.)The arrival Stateside holiday play period should help, but numerous new records (in addition to holdovers) will vie for aud attention.Also bowing a couple of days ago, Sony's PG-rated Adam Sandler pic "Jack and Jill" first demonstrated within an thought $26 million, narrowly beating Vital-DreamWorks Animation's stalwart toon holdover "Puss in Boots," which fell just 23% within the third frame for just about any forecasted weekend take of $25.5 million. "Puss" may find yourself edging out "Jack and Jill" with Monday's actuals.Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort "J. Edgar" aligned squarely with pre-weekend predictions, grossing in 72 hrs an thought $11.5 million. Warner Bros. launched the film limited on Wednesday before growing wide a couple of days later pic's five-day cume showed up at $11.6 000 0000.Inside a classical platform release, Magnolia bowed Lars von Trier's Cannes champion "Melancholia" at 19 engagements, scoring $270,000 for your weekend, getting an excellent per-screen average of $14,210. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com