"Furious 7" receives warm support from Chinese fans after dominating the country's box-office chart. (Photo : Reuters)
Universal Studio's latest Fast and the Furious installment "Furious 7" continues to rake in money since its opening day last weekend.
"Furious 7" is currently at $135 million to $138 million range, the largest in the United States since 2013, Hollywood Reported reported. The multi-million projection includes the $58 million to $60 million take out on Friday.
This is the last movie done by the late Paul Walker, who ironically died in a fatal car crash some years ago, during a benefit event for the victims of super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The blockbuster movie series opened worldwide this weekend and earned a record breaking $60 million internationally and is closely approaching or even crossing the $300 million on Easter Sunday.
According to Report News Today, in Universal's release history, "Furious 7" is by far getting the widest release with an approximate count of 14,500 in 63 territories. In the U.S. alone, "Furious 7" will be played at 4,003 theaters. However, it will not be played in China, Japan and Russia until later further notice.
With "Furious 7's" momentum, it is predicted to easily beat the $121.9 million debut of "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1" in November 2104, thus making "Furious 7" the largest three-day opening since "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" ($158 million) in November 2013.
The movie was originally intended to be released on July 11, 2014, but due to Walker's death, Universal decided to halt the production because director James Wand and writer Chris Morgan need to tweak the script and the storyline, however, the production resumed in April 2014.
Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody stood in for their brother where CGIs and voice effects were used in some scenes featuring Walker's detective character, Brian O'Conner. Their roles are Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Dwayne Johnson. Jason Statham played the top villain who starts to kill everyone as a revenge of his brother's death.
