Shailene Woodley is hurtling towards her second big box office smash of the year, as The Fault In Our Stars looks set to dominate the US market this weekend.
The young adult novel adaptation, which stars Woodley as a teenage cancer sufferer, is projected to debut at around the $50 million mark; far ahead of Maleficent in second with $34 million.
If its momentum builds even more, it could even match Woodley's last hit, Divergent - which bowed to $54.6 million in March.
Shailene Woodley premieres The Fault In Our Stars (WENN)
Elsewhere, Tom Cruise's sci-fi action film Edge Of Tomorrow is eyeing up a $29 million weekend, while X-Men: Days Of Future Past is looking likely to make around $15 million.
A Million Ways To Die In The West is tracking towards a $7.5 million frame in fifth place, and Godzilla will likely come sixth with $6.5 million, ahead of Neighbors (released in Britain as Bad Neighbours) on $5 million.
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's Blended isn't hanging around; dropping to eighth place with $4 million, ahead of Chef at No9 ($2.5 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($2 million).
The Fault In Our Stars will be released here in the UK later this month. It also stars Ansel Elgort, who previously starred with Woodley in Divergent.
Shailene et al at The Fault In Our Stars premiere
Stars and crew at the premiere of 'The Fault in Our Stars', held at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City (FameFlyNet)
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