Can Fate of the Furious Continue Its Box Office Winning Streak ?
As expected ,/ Universal's The Fate of the Furious debut ed in grand fashion last weekend, setting a new box office record for a global opening weekend of $531.9 million, although its $98.7 million domestic debut / was far from any sort of record.
Over the past few years, the Fast & Furious franchise has established its dominance in the month of April, typically posting huge debuts and repeating atop the box office charts for several weeks in a row, before the summer movie season officially gets under way.
The Fate of the Furious is expected to follow that pattern , repeating atop the box office with $49.2 million, easily beating out five new films arriving in nationwide release.