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opened strong on Friday, and will almost certainly earn over $100 million over the holiday weekend. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler 'sfell short of modest expectations.The seventh installment in thefranchise earned an estimated $36 million on Friday. That's about on par with recent superhero movies($36.9 million) and($35.2 million). Unfortunately, it's significantly lower than's $45.1 million debut on the same day eight years ago.The movie is receiving strong reviews (91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and good word-of-mouth ("A" CinemaScore), so it should hold up better than. If it plays like last year's, it will wind up just below $110 million for the four-day frame.In second place,plummeted 77 percent to $8.8 million. That's a horrible drop on par with notoriously front-loaded movies like(76 percent) and Ang Lee 's(77 percent). For the four-day weekend,could earn less than $40 million.opened in third place with an estimated $4.4 million. That's a terrible start for an Adam Sandler movie: it's less than half of's $9.8 million, and is even lower than 2012 flop($4.6 million). The movie should play to families over the long weekend, though it's likely that it winds up below $20 million anyway.fell 51 percent to $4.2 million. In the process, it passed $100 million, and has also now earned more than. Meanwhile,fell 56 percent to $2 million.1.$112 million2.$39 million3.$19 million4.$18 million