‘Fate Of The Furious’ Earned Over $500 Million In Global Debut Over The Holiday Weekend
Vin Diesel "Fate of the Furious" earned a total estimated $532.5 Million in the global opening. It includes the $100.2 Million in domestic premiere and the $432.2 Million overseas.
The 8th installments of the franchise, the "Fate of the Furious," also surpasses the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with $529 Million as the biggest worldwide opening of all time. According to the reports, the Furious 8 had the advantage of opening day-and-date in China, where it earned a huge $190 million, the biggest three-day bow in history.
In the franchise 8 movie installments, generally in North America, the "Fate of the Furious" gets the second-biggest launch behind the 2015 "Furious 7." The latter has a record of $147 Million in the domestic debut, $40 Million bigger than the latest movie. Also, the "Furious 7" was the last film in the series to star Paul Walker, who died in a tragic car accident in November 2013. The "Furious 7" earned $397.7 Million in the international screen.
The Fast and the Furious franchise are indeed showing an excellent performance in the movie industry. With the eight successful movies, and a total of $4.4 Billion and counting, we cannot deny that the international audience really loves this car racing action movie. However, as the Variety's report suggested, after the "Fate of the Furious" installment, it is good for the series to eye the exit ramp.
According to Variety, a graceful exit is all the more essential because no series in history has been so successful at reinventing itself over such a long period of time. As each movie gets released, the price tag gets bloated. Stars demand more money and a greater share of the spoils.
The latest "Fate of the Furious" cost $250 million and change to produce, that's a big difference from the "Furious 7" $190 million, and it also a big increase from the first film's $38 million budget. Such is the gravitational trajectory of the film franchise that with every new chapter the costs climb and the profits shrink.