Universal Pictures' eighth chapter in the pulpy carracing franchise, which stars Vin Diesel, was released in 63 countries last weekend, including China and Russian Federation, bringing its worldwide total to an estimated US$532.5 million (S$742 million). "Whatever culture, whatever language, whatever country, we seem to have found a home".
But the new film had an exceptionally strong performance in the rest of the world, led by China, bringing in $432.3 million.
It is the first film in the franchise not to star Paul Walker, who died in a auto accident in 2013. The sci-fi film debuted with $529 million in 2015.
It was a insane weekend that Hollywood car-racing blockbuster "The Fate of the Furious" broke a series of records and raised a new stunning box office level.
Fate of the Furious made $190 million in China on the opening weekend, about $90 million more than it did in the us and Canada and 10 times more than third place on the list, Mexico at $17.8 million.
Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron pose at the premiere of the "Fast and Furious 8" movie in Berlin April 4, 2017.
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Walker was impressed by the investment, saying the Gold Coast "really would be a good fit" for the Fast and Furious franchise, which would involve at least two more films.
With the addition of "Fast 8", the franchise has earned an estimated $5.8 billion globally.
"This is an astonishing feat for a decade and a half old franchise that launched as a marginalized auto culture movie with no stars and no imaginings of a long-term franchise future", said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore. They're poised perfectly for installments 9 and 10 to do very well.
"The Boss Baby" was second this weekend with $16 million in sales between Friday and the close of business Sunday.
The animated "Smurfs: The Lost Village" from Sony came in next at $6.5 million.
In Singapore, the film has beaten the previous local opening record held by Beauty and the Beast.
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