3, CBS Films and Lionsgate's "Five Feet Apart" debuted with $13.1 million. The tear-jerker romance came in above analyst projections of $6 million to $9 million. The plot follows two teenage cystic fibrosis sufferers who meet and fall in love in a hospital but are forbidden to touch. The PG-13 film earned an A CinemaScore rating, but mixed reviews with a 52% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 17, 2019 16:39 UTC