Swords-and-sandals action flick Immortals has won the weekend box office taking the top spot domestically with $32 million and pulling an estimated $68 million around the world with the tale of ancient warriors and gods.

The film attracted its core target audience of young men to watch the story of clashes between ancient Greek warriors played by Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke. Seventy-five percent of moviegoers were under age 35, and 60 percent of the audience were male. Other films aimed at that type of audience had struggled in recent weeks.  The president if worldwide theatrical distribution for Relativity Media (the independent studio that released the film), Kyle Davis, said that people were concerned action fans were staying away from the cinema.  He said that they definitely came out in force for Immortals.

“Immortals,” produced at a cost of $75 million, is the most expensive film to date produced and distributed by Relativity. T he studio had projected opening-weekend domestic sales around $25 million.  Audiences gave “Immortals” a B rating on average, according to exit-polling firm CinemaScore.  Critics were split on the film, which earned only a 38 percent positive ranking on review aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes.

The story of Greek hero Theseus surpassed Adam Sandler’s comedy “Jack and Jill” opened at No. 2 with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.  Sandler plays dual roles in “Jack and Jill,” as a sturdy family man and his needy sister, who comes to visit for Thanksgiving.  “Jack and Jill” got off to a solid start but came in on the low end for Sandler, whose comedies typically open in the $30 million to $40 million range.  Still, it continues Sandler’s virtually unbroken string of strong openings for his broad comedies dating back to the late 1990s.

The two new movies bumped the animated hit “Puss in Boots” to the No. 3 spot after two weekends at the top.  “Puss in Boots” earned $25.5 million, raising its domestic total to $108.8 million.  Director Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” a film biography starring Leonardo DiCaprio as longtime FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, played in narrower release and opened at No. 5 with $11.5 million.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” does open Friday, but that blockbuster action fantasy franchise mainly draws female crowds.  Kyle Davies said that there is really not another action movie until you approach the Christmas holidays.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters were available, according to Hollywood.com; latest international numbers are also included.  Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Immortals,” $32 million.
2. “Jack and Jill,” $26 million ($2.7 million international).
3. “Puss in Boots,” $25.5 million.
4. “Tower Heist,” $13.2 million ($7.6 million international).
5. “J. Edgar,” $11.5 million.
6. “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” $5.9 million.
7. “In Time,” $4.2 million.
8. “Paranormal Activity 3,” $3.6 million.
9. “Footloose,” $2.7 million.
10. “Real Steel,” $2 million ($12 million international).

Some photos of the wonderful comedian and actor Adam Sandler.

The 44-year-old American actor comedian was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn New York to Stanley and Judy Sandler. He was baptized with the real name of Adam Richard Sandler. When he was at the young age of five, Sandler together with his family, relocated to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he entered the Manchester Central High School and developed his talent while he was at the New York University by doing some acts in clubs and on campuses, he finished is studies from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in year 1988.

When he was just 17 years old, Sandler took his first step in becoming a stand-up comedian when he suddenly hit the stage of Boston comedy club and discovered himself as a natural comic. When Sandler was currently on his freshman year, he hatched a recurring role on the 1984, The Cosby Show as the Huxtable Family’s companion. Sandler was discovered by Dennis Miller while he was performing a show in a comedy Club located at Los Angeles. Miller was also the one who recommended him to the producer of the well known show of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels who affirmed that Sandler have a great talent. It resulted for Sandler to appear in such films.

After Saturday night Live in year 1975, Sandler landed on to the big screen. He starred in the comedy movies of Airhead in year 2449 and Happy Gilmore in year 19996. He was also appeared on the 1995 Billy Madison and in the 1999 film of Big Daddy and in year 2002, Sandler included in the casts of the Mr. Deeds, together with Winona Ryder. On the other hand, he also starred in the animated film of the Eight Crazy Nights on the same year and in Punch-Drunk Love. Sandler has already writes and produces some of his own movies and has also composed some of the songs for many of them, which also includes the 1998 film of The Wedding Singer. Sandler has also had some songs that landed on the Billboard Charts.

In year 2008, Adam Sandler starred on the box office hit film of Bedtime Stories. On the following year, he also appeared on the third directorial feature of Judd Apatow entitled, Funny People. The production of the film started on October 2008 and completed on January 2009 and was released on July of the same year.

Adam Sandler also starred on the 2011 film of Just Go with It, alongside Jennifer Aniston. The film is a romantic comedy that was written by Allan Loeb together with Tim Dowling and has been directed by Dennis Dugan. In addition, Sandler’s voice will be featured on the upcoming comedy film of Zookeeper, which starred Kevin James. The film is set to release on July 8, 2011. Sandler will also appear on the Jack and Jill comedy film of Dennis Dugan. The comedy film is set to hit the big screen on November 11, 2011.

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