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'Fast & Furious 6' hangs onto first

LOS ANGELES — With its supercharged muscle cars, “Fast & Furious 6” raced to first place at the box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The Universal Pictures release is expected to add another $34.5 million to its North American ticket sales, keeping it in the No. 1 spot after opening to more than $120 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said the sixth installment in the street-racing franchise was “preordained to be No. 1 again.”

Among the new original offerings was the magic-heist thriller “Now You See Me,” which exceeded industry expectations to debut in second place with $28.1 million.

1. “Fast & Furious 6,” $34.5 million ($75 million international).

2. “Now You See Me,” $28.05 million. ($600,000 international).

3. “After Earth,” $27 million.

4. (tie) “Epic,” $16.4 million ($28.5 million international).

4. (tie) “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” $16.4 million ($37.6 million international).

5. “The Hangover Part III,” $15.9 million ($82.3 million international).

6. “Iron Man 3,” $8 million ($9.9 million international).

7. “The Great Gatsby,” $6.3 million ($22.6 million international).

8. “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani,” $1.6 million.

9. “Mud,” $1.2 million.

10. “The Croods,” $615,000 ($3.7 million international).

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