Immortals held of the challenge from comedy Jack and Jill to top the U.S. box office this weekend.
The Tarsem Singh movie is the latest sword and sandal Greek mythology inspired film to hit the big screen as Henry Cavill leads an all star cast.
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
The movie took $32 million in it's opening weekend to comfortably take the top spot.
Jack and Jill, the new film from funnyman Adam Sandler had to settle for second as it took $26 million.
Last week's number one Puss In Boots fell two places to three while Tower Heist was also down two at four.
J. Edgar, which sees Leonardo DiCaprio team up with Clint Eastwood, was the third and final. new entry inside the top ten at five.
The movie is a biopic picture about J Edgar Hoover and is tipped to big up a whole host of Oscar nominations in the new year.
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was down three at six while there was a two place drop for In Time at seven.
Paranormal Activity 3 was the biggest faller on the chart this week as it dropped four places from four to eight.
Footloose and Real Steel fell three places a piece to round off the chart at nine and ten.
1. (-) Immortals - $32 million
2. (-) Jack and Jill - $26 million
3. (1) Puss In Boots - $25.5 million
4. (2) Tower Heist - $13.2 million
5. (-) J. Edgar - $11.5 million
6. (3) A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas - $5.9 million
7. (5) In Time - $4.15 million
8. (4) Paranormal Activity 3 - $3.63 million
9. (6) Footloose - $2.74 million
10. (7) Real Steel - $2 million
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