What once looked like a surefire race to the finish line has become a blowout; “Fast and Furious 6” will dominate “The Hangover Part III” at the Memorial Day Weekend box office.<\/p>\n
Early estimates report that “Fast” will open to at least $35 million Friday (and likely a little bit more), besting the $14 million expectation for “Hangover” and $11 million for “Epic.”<\/p>\n
That positions “Fast” to crack the $100 million mark for the four-day weekend, making for an easy victory over both films. As of press time, multiple media sources are forecasting four-day totals of approximately $50 million for each of “The Hangover Part III” and “Epic.”<\/p>\n
While “Fast”‘s tracking has remained hot all month, interest in “The Hangover Part III” recently began appearing cold. Done in by a lackluster promotional campaign, bad reviews and reputational damage from the critically-panned “Hangover Part II,” the film got off to a very soft start Thursday, earning less than $12 million.<\/p>\n
That means that the comedy’s five-day total will end up far falling short of the four-day “Fast and Furious” gross. So much for the head start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[336,334,182,335],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n