New Movies No Match for 'Fate of the Furious'

It's looking like a forgettable weekend at the box office in the lull before summer gets underway on May 5 with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Holdover The Fate of the Furious is expected to clobber a handful of new films that open Friday, including Katherine Heigl's erotic thriller Unforgettable, Armenian genocide drama The Promise, starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, action-comedy Free Fire and sci-fi thriller Phoenix Forgotten. Disney also opens its latest nature documentary, Born in China.

Fate of the Furious is expected to earn $45 million or more in its second weekend after scoring the biggest global launch of all time with $535 million. (All eyes will be on the Universal film to see how much it drops.)

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Fate of the Furious took the top spot from The Boss Baby last weekend.