Furious 7 Opens with $384 million

furious-7-poster1Seven movies in, but the Fast and Furious chain hasn’t slowed down. Domestically Furious 7 brought in an estimated $143.6 million over the weekend. That places it ninth as far as openings.

Overseas the film earned $240 million and that’s without opening in China, Japan, and Russia. That’s a total of about $384 million worldwide already.

This is the highest debut for a film in the franchise and makes it the record holder for April.

The film was 51% men, 56% over the age of 25, and Hispanic moviegoers made up 37% of the weekend movie going audience. It earned an “A” Cinemascore.

When it comes to comic adaptations, Kingsman: The Secret Service was in eighth place bringing in an additional $1.7 million domestically. Globally, the film has earned $369.8 million so far. It will likely get to $400 million by the time it’s done.

Big Hero 6 has dropped out of the listings and has earned $651.8 million globally.

The next comic adaptation to hit the big screen is Avengers: Age of Ultron which hits screens on May 1.


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