Promotional material for The Fate of the Furious Photo: IC The Fate of the Furious debuted in super-high gear over the weekend Nike Air Max TN Hombre Baratas , taking in $100.2 million on North American screens and roaring to record global revenues of more than a half-billion dollars, industry analysts estimated Sunday.
Exhibitor Relations said the latest chapter in Universal Studio's Fast and Furious series accounted for nearly two-thirds of North American revenues over the three-day Easter weekend, leaving previous frontrunner The Boss Baby, a FoxDreamWorks animation, in its dust with just $15.5 million in sales.
Behind megastars Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the latest Furious film opened exceptionally well in the rest of the world.
Led by China Nike Air Max TN Baratas , which set a three-day record of $190 million, the film brought in $432.3 million in some 60 countries and regions.
It was the No.1 film everywhere, website Boxofficemojo reported.
The $532.5 million global debut, once North American revenues added in, would break the record of $529 million held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
It would also surpass such other box-office monsters as Jurassic World ($524.9 million) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($483.2 million).
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In it, Diesel's Dom Toretto character is coerced to join forces with a cyberterrorist played by Theron, who turns him against his team.
For all its strong showing, the manic muscle-car-filled film earned nearly one-third less in its first North American weekend than the previous Fast and Furious chapter, which drew $147.2 million.
But Universal is not about to apply the brakes: Additional Furious chapters are planned for release in 2019 and 2021.
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The Disney blockbuster, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, has taken in $454.7 million