'Furious 7' Is Now The Highest Growing Franchise, $800 Million After 12 Days
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What is one of the emotional installments in the Fast and Furious franchise, "Furious 7," has now become the highest grossing franchise.
"Universal's 'Furious 7' in its second week of release remains a relentless and dominant box office force, topping the worldwide charts with an astonishing $255.6 million for the weekend and a whopping $800.5 million after just 12 days of release," according to Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedias.
"'Furious 7' is now the highest grossing of the franchise and raises the cumulative theatrical global revenues of the entire series to more than $3.18 billion."
It's been hard for news outlets to report on the success of the film without mentioning the passing of one of the major stars in the film, Paul Walker. The "Furious 7" asked their fans to show their love for Walker and his last project and without a doubt they came out in full fashion on opening weekend and haven't stopped.
Fans continue to support a film featuring a diverse cast of action stars who came together in a time of loss.
Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson have extended their "Furious 7" family beyond their imagination.
Finishing the movie was a testament to the character of the cast and that is proven buy the success of the film.
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 12, 2015, are below.
1. Furious 7 - Universal - $60.6M
2. Home - 20th Century Fox - $19.0M
3. Longest Ride, The - 20th Century Fox - $13.5M
4. Get Hard - Warner Bros. - $8.6M
5. Cinderella - Disney - $7.2M
6.
Divergent Series: Insurgent, The - Lionsgate - $6.8M
7. Woman In Gold - The Weinstein Company - $5.9M
8. It Follows - Radius-TWC - $2.0M
9.
Danny Collins - Bleecker Street - $1.6M
10. While We're Young - A24 Films - $1.4M
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $1.3M
12. Do You Believe? - Pure Flix - $0.9M