In the age of streaming, prestige television and general apathy to the cinema experience, what was it that lured moviegoers out in their thousands to see the EIGHTH film in a franchise that launched with a $40m opening weekend in Summer 2001?
Bigger is better and Jason Statham is a comedy superstar: the eighth Fast & Furious film ups the stakes, and the fun.
The Fast & Furious franchise turns up a gear, as Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren join the star-studded cast for the darkest, most personal thrill ride yet.
Universal have dropped a fresh international poster for The Fate of the Furious (also known as Fast & Furious 8), and it’s debatably the most beautiful piece of movie marketing YOU WILL EVER SEE.
The Fate of the Furious stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren and Kurt Russell.
Universal have revealed the official title of their eight Fast & Furious adventure: The Fate of the Furious! The film’s first trailer debuts Sunday.
After proving her ability behind a wheel in the Oscar-nominated Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron is reportedly eyeing the villain role in the eighth Fast & Furious adventure. Variety reports that the Academy Award-winning actress has entered talks to star in director F. Gary Gray’s upcoming entry in the Universal Pictures franchise.
April ended poorly at the North American box office as two new movies opened in wide release, one not even getting into the Top 10, allowing Universal Pictures’ Furious 7 to dominate at the box office for a fourth weekend in a row.
With Furious 7 already having earned $1.158 billion at the worldwide box office, it’s no surprise that Vin Diesel took to the stage at CinemaCon yesterday and announced that Furious 8 is coming to theaters on April 14, 2017!
The third weekend of April saw the release of a number of new movies, but none of them offered much competition to Universal Pictures’ Furious 7, which remained #1 for its third weekend with an estimated $29 million. That’s down 51% from last week as it gets closer to crossing the $300 million mark with $294.4 million after three weekends.
Universal Pictures today announced that with Friday’s theatrical grosses, Furious 7 will cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Continuing to break records at every turn, Furious 7 marks Universal’s first film to achieve $1 billion during its initial release, with 1993’s Jurassic Park having reached $1.044 billion after the 3D re-release in 2013. With total global grosses estimated at $1.009 billion through today, Furious 7 has earned an estimated $735.2 million overseas in 17 days and an estimated $273.7 million in North America after 15 days.
With a 59% drop, Furious 7, which reunites Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, and Ludacris, joined by Jason Statham, Kurt Russell and more, held up relatively well with a second weekend estimated take of $60.5 million. Despite the larger drop, it beat last year’s Captain America: the Winter Soldier‘s second weekend by nearly $20 million, and that second weekend gross is more than all but five movies have grossed in the month of April. With that, Furious 7‘s domestic gross crosses the $250 million mark, making it the biggest movie in the “Fast and Furious” franchise after just ten days.
“See You Again,” rapper Wiz Khalifa’s collaboration with singer-songwriter Charlie Puth, is a tribute to the late Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in November 2013. The official music video for the Furious 7 soundtrack’s top single (which reached no. 1 on iTunes on Saturday) takes it one step further, mixing footage from Walker’s six movies as cop-turned-speedster Brian O’Conner, including the heartbreaking final moments of Furious 7.
Universal Pictures’ anticipated sequel Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell and Ludacris, opened on Good Friday in over 4,000 theaters and after setting an April opening day record with $67.3 million ($15.8 million of that coming from Thursday previews), it fell slightly on Saturday to end up with an estimated $143.6 million over the weekend.
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