As expected, “The Fate of the Furious” is on its way to a third consecutive No. 1 weekend at the box office in the final days of April. Universal’s eighth “Fast & Furious” film made $5 million in its third Friday in theaters and is estimated to make a third frame total of $18.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $191.8 million by Sunday’s end. The film currently has a worldwide cume of $972 million.
With “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” expected to take over theaters next weekend, studios have largely decided to play it safe the past couple weeks, with lower budget fare dominating the release slate.