Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp and George Lucas Battle for 2nd at Box Office

“Boy Next Door,” “Mortdecai”and “Strange Magic” open against “American Sniper,” which aims for $45 million in repeat win

Johnny Depp and Jennifer Lopez, two stars whose best box box office days appear behind them, will try to bounce back in new movies opening Friday. But with the record-breaking reigning champ “American Sniper” turning into a cultural phenomenon, they may have picked the wrong weekend.

Lopez is featured in Universal Pictures’ R-rated erotic thriller “The Boy Next Door” as a high school teacher who becomes the object of a young neighbor’s obsession after a one-night stand. Rob Cohen directs and Ryan Guzman, John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth co-star.

Depp tops the ensemble cast of “Mortdecai,” an R-rated action comedy from Lionsgate Entertainment set in the international art world.

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