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Young-adult adaptationgot off to a strong start yesterday, and is now on pace for an opening weekend north of $50 million. Meanwhile, Christian dramais shaping up to be a surprise box office hit.Playing at 3,936 locations,opened to an estimated $22.8 million on Friday. That includes $4.9 million from late Thursday shows. While that opening day figure is nowhere close to($36 million) or($67.3 million), it's still one of the best young-adult debuts ever.Ifplays like, it will wind up with around $52 million for the weekend. That seems likely, given the demographic breakdown: the movie attracted more men than expected (41 percent), and was split evenly between those over and under 25 years of age. Combine that with an "A" CinemaScore, andmay not be as frontloaded as its genre and poor reviews suggested.Opening at 3,194 theaters,disappointed with $4.7 million. In comparison, the lastmovie earned $6.5 million on its opening day. For the weekend,could wind up below $15 million.Christian dramaopened to a surprising $2.8 million. That's more in one day thanandmade in their entire runs. The movie should earn over $7 million for the weekend, which is better than legendary Christian hitplummeted 50 percent to $2.7 million.rounded out the Top Five with $2.4 million (down 58 percent).expanded to 304 locations and earned $1.9 million. For the weekend, the Wes Anderson movie is poised to earn at least $5 million.1.- $53 million2.- $15 million3.- $9.5 million4.- $8.1 million5.- $7.9 million