- With a few small dramas and documentaries in competition, the way is clear for Universal's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Furious 7 to dominate the box office, and early receipts suggest the film is well on track toward an April-record $115M weekend.
- The seventh entry in the Fast and the Furious racing franchise pulled a strong $16.9M in a limited 34-market run on Wednesday, including 12 international markets. It opened in 33 more markets Thursday and will run in 63 markets over the weekend.
- Other eyes will be on Home -- the high-stakes sole 2015 release for DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ:DWA) -- to see if it can get legs from last week's strong $54M debut, and on whether Insurgent (LGF) and Cinderella (NYSE:DIS) can stretch out gains from their female-heavy audience.