What an incredible opening weekend for The Fate of the Furious!!!
Directed by F. Gary Gary, the movie has grossed a HUGE amount of money for their opening weekend, out-pacing every other movie out on the market now and going SO big, that no other new release wanted to debut this weekend against it!!
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Across the entire Easter weekend, and across the entire world, The Fate of the Furious did an estimated $532.5 million in its first three days in theaters!!
WOW!! That includes a whopping $100.2 million domestically in a huge American opener, too!
But it’s the global total that everyone is looking at — if that number holds when the final numbers come in on Monday, Furious 8 will eclipse Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the BIGGEST WORLDWIDE OPENING EVER!!!
Star Wars took in $529 million total on its opening weekend and, well, Furious 8 looks like it just surpassed that. Impressive!!!
Universal Pictures distribution chief Duncan Clark said of the impressive opening:
“This franchise is showing no sign of wear and tear. The Fate of the Furious is satisfying audiences on many different levels.”
No kidding!!
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And Universal’s domestic president Nick Carpou added:
“Considering this is the second-highest opening domestically out of eight films speaks to the fact that people continue to be interested in the storyline.”
Impressive!!!
The entire franchise has now grossed just under $4 billion globally, too — not too damn bad!!
[Image via Universal Pictures.]
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