A ton of people turned out to see PAUL WALKER in his last "Fast & Furious" movie. "Furious 7" set a record for the best April opening weekend EVER, with $143.6 million. The previous record was set last year by "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" with $95 million. It's also the best opening in the "Fast & Furious" series. "Fast & Furious 6" is second . . . it came out in 2013 and made $97.4 million. In fact, "Furious 7" made almost as much in one weekend as the original "Fast and Furious" has made TOTAL.
(Here's a chart that breaks down all seven films in the series.)
|
Movie |
Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Total Gross |
|
"The Fast and the Furious" |
June 22nd, 2001 |
$40.1 million |
$145 million |
|
"2 Fast 2 Furious" |
June 6th, 2003 |
$50.5 million |
$127 million |
|
"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" |
June 16th, 2006 |
$24 million |
$62.5 million |
|
"Fast and Furious" |
April 3rd, 2009 |
$71 million |
$155 million |
|
"Fast Five" |
April 29th, 2011 |
$86.2 million |
$210 million |
|
"Fast & Furious 6" |
May 24th, 2013 |
$97.4 million |
$239 million |
|
"Furious 7" |
April 3rd, 2015 |
$143.6 million |
We'll see. |
Here are this week's Top 10 movies:
1. NEW: "Furious 7", $143.6 million.
2. "Home", $27.4 million. Up to $95.6 million in its 2nd week.
3. "Get Hard", $12.9 million. Up to $57 million in its 2nd week.
4. "Cinderella", $10.3 million. Up to $167 million in its 4th week.
5. "The Divergent Series: Insurgent", $10 million. Up to $103 million in its 3rd week.
6. "It Follows", $2.5 million. Up to $8.5 million in its 4th week.
7. NEW: "Woman in Gold", $2 million. Up to $2.1 million since Wednesday.
8. "Kingsman: The Secret Service", $1.7 million. Up to $122 million in its 8th week.
9. "Do You Believe?", $1.5 million. Up to $9.8 million in its 3rd week.
10. "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", $1 million. Up to $30.1 million in its 5th week.
