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82% Furious 7

47% Home (2015)

29% Get Hard

84% Cinderella (2015)

31% The Divergent Series: Insurgent
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49% Woman in Gold

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‘Furious 7′ Destroys Records With $143.6 Million Debut

“Furious 7″ raced to the top of the domestic box office, picking up a massive $143.6 million in its opening weekend.

That establishes a new high-water mark for the month of April, blowing past the $95 million debut of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” and stands as the highest-grossing kick-off for any film in the “Fast and Furious” franchise. It also ranks ninth among the top ten openings in history.

Much as “The Dark Knight” turned into a memorial for Heath Ledger, audiences flocked to see star Paul Walker in one of his final roles. The actor died in a 2013 car crash at the age of 40 and his work on the film was completed using digital technology and a series of stand-ins.

“This is a bittersweet installment in the franchise,” said Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com. “[Walker’s] passing made this movie more intriguing for people who hadn’t seen some of the installments. It raised awareness and its success is a tribute to him.”

Universal Pictures spared no expense in bringing the latest chapter in the fast cars and gravity-defying-stunts series to the big screen, shelling out $190 million on the production. It unspooled in 4,003 North American theaters, earning $14 million on 365 Imax screens and $11.5 million from premium large format screens. Going into the weekend, most analysts estimated that the film would open in the $115 million range.

Foreign numbers were steroidal. Internationally, the film rolled out across 10,500 screens in 63 territories, earning $240.4 million.

“This is the next member of the billion dollar club and that’s a rarefied place to be,” said Contrino. “This thing is on fire.”

With an A CinemaScore and strong reviews, “Furious 7″ could be one of the few modern blockbusters that hangs on for more than a few weeks. The month of April is lean on blockbuster fare and “Furious 7″ won’t get serious competition until “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” debuts on May 1.

The opening weekend crowd was impressively diverse, a testament to a series that has drawn strength from its multi-cultural cast. The audience was 51% male, 44% under age 25, 37% Hispanic, 25% Caucasian, 24% African-American and 10% Asian.

“We’re expanding our audience based on the diversity of interest from different ethnic groups all buying into saga of Dom Toretto and his family,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, referencing the character played by Vin Diesel.

Last weekend’s box office champion, DreamWorks Animation’s “Home,” showed impressive stamina, falling less than 50%. The animated tale picked up $27.4 million in its sophomore frame, pushing its domestic total to $95.6 million.

In third place, R-rated comedy “Get Hard” earned $12.9 million. The Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart team-up fell 62% from its opening number, bringing its stateside haul to $57 million.

“Cinderella” snagged a fourth place finish, picking up $10.3 million stateside to push its domestic bounty to $167.3 million. Globally, the Disney release is closing in on $400 million.

“The Divergent Series: Insurgent” rounded out the weekend top five, nabbing $10 million and driving the film to $103.4 million domestically.

Among art house releases, Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” expanded from four to 34 theaters, picking up $492,976. The A24 release has earned $791,450 in two weeks.

Radius-TWC’s “It Follows” also continued to expand, moving from 1,218 to 1,655, though its gross dipped 35% to $2.5 million. The critically adored horror film has made $8.5 million since debuting on March 13.

The Weinstein Company was particularly bullish on the reception for “Woman in Gold,” a drama about the fight to recover art stolen by the Nazis. The film picked up $2 million from 258 locations and will expand to between 800 and 1,000 venues this coming weekend.

“The film is definitely poised for a long, long run,” said Erik Lomis, the studio’s distribution chief. “That’s a really solid start.”

Thanks to “Furious 7,” the overall box office reached $218 million, the first time that ticket sales have crossed $200 million over the Easter weekend.

“These huge results jump start momentum for the blockbuster, summer season, suggesting that 2015 is shaping up to be everything (and maybe even more) that the industry has been hoping for,” said Greg Foster, CEO of Imax Entertainment.

In other words, “Furious 7″ just dropped the mic.

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[alfredofroylan]

It follows is doing great for its budget ($2 million) great to see that film on theater

 

[Prompto]

Pockets ain't empty cuz


4th biggest global opening besides 2 Harry Potter movies and The Avengers. Wow.

 

[Makai]

I'm not sure if title is a pun on Get Hard or not.

 

[jetjevons]

Happy to see It Follows hanging in there.

 

[Wubby]

When I saw the first Fast and Furious in theaters many years ago I never would have imagined it would evolve into this.

 

[Escape Goat]

sigh. More waiting.

 

[3N16MA]

That is a lot of tuna sandwiches.

 

[Miker]

That's a lot of people who are now living their lives a quarter mile at a time.

 

[BronsonLee]

Holy SHIT.

Over 100 mil was the word on the street, but almost 150?!

Billion dollar movie, son. Now everybody can afford as many tuna sandwiches and Coronas as they want

 

[Thursday War]

amazing title

 

[Angelus Errare]

A lot of busters who will keep their boy outta handcuffs.

 

[DieH@rd]

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[Son Of D]

Well here's our first monster hit of 2015, and it's barely April.

Kingsman still in the top 10. Impressive.

 

[jett]

Pockets ain't empty cuz

Tyerse is finally no longer hawngry.






He mad thirsty for Green Lantern tho.

 

[Slayven]

Goof for F7, Chris Bridges can now afford diapers.

 

[mreddie]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

 

[BronsonLee]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

Already confirmed, ya?

 

[Slayven]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

Of course they will

 

[FTF]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

Of course, I see them milking the series until at least #10...or rebooting it at some point and then another 5+ movies, etc.

 

[Escape Goat]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

Cars in spaaaaaace!

 

[Cheebo]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

Vin Diesel said they are. And it will take place in NYC and that Kurt Russell will have a much bigger role in 8

 

[MadmanUK]

sigh. More waiting.

18 more days (UK).

 

[kmax]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

You bet they will.

 

[Regurgitated]

Furious 7 is a great name too.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Wow, Furious 7 did bank. I hope this boosts the prospects for another Riddick movie with a decent budget.

Also very nice to see It Follows hanging in there. Hope its success leads to more horror movies in a similar vein.

 

[Chezzymann]

The Fast and the Furious is going to turn into a james bond style franchise soon, 7 movies, holy shit. And they pump them out so frequently too.

 

[The Shogun]

Those Fast & Furious numbers are insanity.

Do we have any early indicators for how Age of Ultron is tracking? It will open bigger right? I realize that sounds like a dumb question but for some odd reason there doesn't feel like there's big hype for it right now.

 

[bananafactory]

The most impressive part of it is that the 3 movies with higher global openings all had a 3D price boost.

 

[Mr.Swag]

I predicted $125
Cant believe it wasn't enough.

Crazy franchise, guess the reinvesting of profits worked out for them.

 

[vatstep]

Holy fuck. That's almost a $50M increase over the opening of the last F&F, which even came out on Memorial Day weekend (2013).

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=weekend&id=fast56.htm

 

[Cheebo]

Wow, Furious 7 did bank. I hope this boosts the prospects for another Riddick movie with a decent budget.

Also very nice to see It Follows hanging in there. Hope its success leads to more horror movies in a similar vein.

We got the last riddick movie because the fast and furious franchise was starting to become huge. Didn't help much at all. Riddick franchise is dead.

 

[Matt_]

I wouldn't call Home's drop impressive at all
in fact from doing a quick search its one of Dreamworks' worst ever holds

 

[kswiston]

The most impressive part of it is that the 3 movies with higher global openings all had a 3D price boost.

Half Blood Prince wasn't in 3D.

The Worldwide Opening title is a bit misleading though, as most movies don't have a synced global release.

For instance, that first foreign weekend for Avengers (which was not even the same weekend as the domestic release) was only in 39 markets. Furious 7 just launched in 63 markets.

 

[Currygan]

mother of god these FnF numbers

so glad Kingsman is still raking in some

 

[vinnygambini]

Do we have any early indicators for how Age of Ultron is tracking? It will open bigger right? I realize that sounds like a dumb question but for some odd reason there doesn't feel like there's big hype for it right now.

There's a wet Thor shirtless scene

It's tracking ahead automatically.

Kidding aside, fantastic numbers for F7 considering also the strong dollar for overseas numbers. Stellar performance.

 

[HyperZone<3]

The most impressive part of it is that the 3 movies with higher global openings all had a 3D price boost.

Furious 7 is being shown in 3D, but only in some (not all) international markets.

 

[massivekettle]

Half Blood Prince wasn't in 3D.

The Worldwide Opening title is a bit misleading though, as most movies don't have a synced global release.

For instance, that first weekend for Avengers (which was not even the same weekend as the domestic release) was only in 39 markets. Furious 7 just launched in 63 markets.

But still hasn't launched in China, Japan and Russia - the former being its largest OS market by far and the other two in the top 5-7 ex-China.

 

[Ballistik]

The Fast and the Furious made a total of $144 million in North America back in 2001, this movie matched that in the opening weekend.

 

[Prompto]

Furious 7 is being shown in 3D, but only in some (not all) international markets.

Does this mean 3D is dying domestically?

 

[TheKaeptain]

It was so obvious it was gonna win and break bank.

Question is now, are they gonna do Furious 8?

The car club that supplies their cars already signed a deal for 8-10.

 

[massivekettle]

Vin Diesel said they are. And it will take place in NYC and that Kurt Russell will have a much bigger role in 8

At this point, a new trilogy is a foregone conclusion. This IS Universal's biggest franchise ever - you bet that they will try to milk as much as possible out of it.

 

[strafer]

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Curious as to whether the 8th film will be the "70s inspired, "Vanishing Point"-esque revenge film" they were talking about originally making.

Cinderella's hold is pretty nice.

 

[Guzim]

Great to see Furious 7 make that much. It was great, and the ending was fantastic.

 

[Jarnet87]

We got the last riddick movie because the fast and furious franchise was starting to become huge. Didn't help much at all. Riddick franchise is dead.

its been awhile but there was talk Universal wanted to do a Riddick sequel due to strong dvd/blu ray sales and doing okay at the box office.

 

[Oersted]

At this point, a new trilogy is a foregone conclusion. This IS Universal's biggest franchise ever - you bet that they will try to milk as much as possible out of it.

Especially since they lack other bankable franchises. They only got Despicable Me(Minions) and Jurassic World (Jurassic Park). They tried to built up their Universal Monsters as MCU again, but well, that bombed.

 

[massivekettle]

Box Office Mojo @boxofficemojo 25m25 minutes ago
'Furious 7' set opening weekend records in 12 Latin American markets, including Mexico ($20.8M), Brazil ($10.9M) and Argentina ($9M).
Other significant markets for 'Furious 7' include the U.K. ($19M), Germany ($15.2M), France ($11.4M), Australia ($11.2M), and Korea ($8.7M)

Insane. This franchise's turnaround is nearly unprecedented.

 

[Cooter]

I've never seen any of the Furious movies. I'm blown away by that number. Wow!

 

[Jarnet87]

Part 8 needs Denzel.