“The Fate of the Furious” zoomedย to $10.4 million at the Thursday box office from 3,310 theaters, with showings starting at 7 p.m.
In comparison, “Furious 7” earned $15.8 million at the previews on Thursday when it opened in 2015, while “Fast & Furious 6” grossed $6.5 million at the Thursday box office in 2013.
It’s practically a given that “Fate” will join “Beauty and the Beast” on the list of $100+ million domestic openings in 2017. But while Universal is staying cautious with their projections and keeping it to around $100 million, independent trackers have turned up their numbers from $110 million three weeks ago to as much as $125 million this week.