Universal Pictures on Sunday estimated that movie would earn a record $532.5 million worldwide over the holiday weekend, thanks to a particularly robust showing in 63 territories, including China.
Apart from India, the film has created many box office records across the globe, especially in China where it collected $190 million. Note: the numbers below will be updated as they become final.
The film, which stars Vin Diesel and was directed by F. Gary Gray, is the highest-grossing opening for an African American director ever, according to Universal.
Everyone knew that THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS was going to finish atop the weekend box office, but there are still a few things to digest around the eighth film in the franchise. In the US and Canada, meanwhile, the movie opened to $100.2 million, a big number but substantially less than the $147 million debut of the last installment, "Furious 7", in 2015 and far behind "The Force Awakens'" record of $248 million.
He died in a vehicle crash in 2013 while the film was still in production.
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"Maybe it is hard for some managers to find Ander Herrera to do the job he did today". Mourinho added to MUTV: "They struggled to cope with everything".
Variety Magazine suggested its a sign that a franchise built around muscle cars and odes to the importance of family is growing more global in scope. The film follows the crew as they grapple with Diesel's betrayal and alliance with a mysterious hacker (Theron). The live-action adaptation of the 1991 animated fantasy came in third on the North American chart this weekend, adding an estimated $13.6 million to its $454 million USA and Canadian total while making it the 12th highest grossing film of all time (unadjusted for inflation) domestically.
The film easily overtook The Boss Baby, which held the top spot in the box office for the last two weekends.
In Fate Of The Furious, Dominic Toretto goes rogue under the control of the villain Cipher to save his son.
Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide sales in its fifth week of domestic exhibition. It has grossed $23.4 million, almost matching its $24 million production budget. Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street debuted "The Lost City of Z" in four theaters where it picked up $112,633.
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