'Immortals' tops at Friday B.O.

'Immortals'The B.O. gods have allied with Relativity's "The Immortals," generating it $15 million locally last evening.Because under-25 auds have proven little love at plexes recently, B.O. experts gave conservative estimations within the mid-$20 million range for that pic a few days ago. However, its opening evening perf indicates "Immortals" must have little trouble breaking $$ 30 million through Sunday.In close competition behind Relativity, Sony's "Jack and Jill" and Paramount's "Puss in Boots" will challenge each other for second, generating $9.9 million and $9 million correspondingly last evening. Both of them are headed for that low- or mid-$20 million range, even though "Jack and Jill" is incorporated in the lead now, associates say "Puss" might claw itself within the Adam Sandler laffer according to pre-weekend forecasts.Universal holdover "Tower Heist" obtained 4th with $4.9 million Stateside on Friday. Lower 40%, the star-studded ensemble caper has cumed $35.six million locally so far.Warner Bros. opened up "J. Edgar" to $4.3 million last evening. The Clint Eastwood helmed Leonardo DiCaprio starrer is anticipating solid business much like other adult fare from the 2009 fall, like "Moneyball" and "The Ides of March." "J. Edgar" is anticipated to land just north of $ten million this frame.Within the niche scene, Componen broadened "ConstantlyInch to 70 locations for that weekend while Fox Searchlight's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" increased to 183. "Crazy" repped a 1-day per screen average of $2,343 while "Martha's" expansion introduced its per screen to $814. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com