'Furious 7' has already made over $800 million and that's tremendous
Apr 13, 2015, 09:44 IST
UniversalThe "Furious 7" crew is killing it at the box office.The seventh "Fast and Furious" film, "Furious 7," dominated the box office for the second weekend in a row. After a record debut of $147 million Easter weekend, "Furious 7," brought in another $60.6 million at theaters. Only 11 movies have ever had a better second weekend at the domestic box office. The last time a movie performed that well was "American Sniper" with $64.6 million in its second week. With $800 million worldwide, "Furious 7" is on track to be the first $1 billion movie of the year. Disney's anticipated "Avengers" and "Star Wars" sequels are expected to be big hits later this year. Here are a few moments highlighting how big of a streak "Furious 7" and Universal Studios is having at the box office:
- The film is currently number one in 67 countries.
- It had the largest debut in China ever with $68.6 million. (That's even slightly more than how much the film made its first day domestically.)
- The film had the largest four-day opening weekend ever in Russia ($15 million).
- It's the highest-grossing opening weekend in April ($147 million). Previously, that title belonged to "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" ($95 million).
- "Furious 7" is now the highest-grossing "Fast and Furious" movie in the franchise both domestically and worldwide. Previously, "Fast and Furious 6" held the record earning $788.7 million worldwide.
- It's Universal's second hit movie of the year. On Valentine's Day, the studio released the highly-anticipated "Fifty Shades of Grey," which has grossed over $566 million worldwide to date on an estimated $40 million budget.
- The studio's not done yet. Expect another big hit in June when the next "Jurassic Park" film is released. Chris Pratt, who became a big star in 2014 for hits "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The LEGO Movie," will lead the franchise.