Fast & Furious' shatters box office records

[DarkDay]

(Entertainment Weekly) -- In the first truly shocking box office result of the year, "Fast & Furious" sped away from expectations to gross a humongous $72.5 million, according to early estimates from Media by Numbers.


From CNN
- Best April opening ever, beating "Anger Management's" $42.2 million.

- Best Universal Pictures opening ever (three-day), beating "The Lost World: Jurassic Park's" $72.1 million.

- Best F&F franchise opening ever, beating "2 Fast 2 Furious'" $50.5 million.

Sorry, already thread to this, early for me and hung over, probably want to merge or close this, my bad.

- Best opening yet in 2009, easily beating the bows of the more-buzzed-about "Monsters vs. Aliens" ($59.3 million) and "Watchmen" ($55.2 million).

And there you have it, People like Vin again, like cars again, like popcorn flicks and mindless fun.

Ill be seeing this soon more than likely, could use a good popcorn flick.

[Mike Kelehan]

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[skwish]

i was going to go see it last night but instead went to see one week.

Which was actually very good

[Typical Michael]

That is pretty unexpected, maybe I'll need to go see it or something.

[MalReynolds]

i think i may go see this Tuesday loves Tokyo Drift

[flogging.joey]

You should all see Adventureland instead. Bill Hader never fails to make me laugh.

[Stmfuller]

are you fucking kidding me?
Jesus must really hate america right now.

[Crowe]

I can't wait to go see this. I recently watched the first one and forgot how much I liked it, and I haven't seen a mindless action flick in quite a while.

Action, Hot Women, slick cars, Testosterone, what more could you ask for when going to the Cinema.

[Wilkz07]

was going to see it this weekend but my wife was sick. i enjoyed the first 3 and this one looks as entertaining.

any reason why they just went with Fast and Furious as the title rather than something with sub?

[ThievesAmongUs]

Well... this is not what I expected.

[bryan]

are you fucking kidding me?
Jesus must really hate america right now.

No, he just doesn't like the elitists.

[Gerbs]

Saw this today, great cheesy popcorn flick. Don't think too much just enjoy the ride.

[ThievesAmongUs]

No, he just doesn't like the elitists.

So wouldn't that include most of Europe too ? :p

[TheKeck]

A lot of people saw Twilight too. :p

(Which I happen to be the owner of now, thanks to my wife. :mad:)

[Rakael]

Fast and Furious, Twilight, etc. We call all sit around bitching and moaning about how these movies are doing so well, or we can just allow people to enjoy what they like and we can continue to enjoy what we like. So what if we think they suck? I'm sure a lot of people who like these movies would never watch or enjoy what we consider amazing films.

My girlfriend wasn't at all interested in Twilight, but after being talked into watching the movie she liked it so much she is reading the book. My girlfriend never reads novels. Now I have to watch it, and I may or may not like it. I'm just happy that she found something she really enjoys, especially since it got her to read the book.

She still agrees that sparkly vampires are pretty fucking retarded though.

[Generation ABXY]

My girlfriend wasn't at all interested in Twilight, but after being talked into watching the movie she liked it so much she is reading the book. My girlfriend never reads novels. Now I have to watch it, and I may or may not like it. I'm just happy that she found something she really enjoys, especially since it got her to read the book.

She still agrees that sparkly vampires are pretty fucking retarded though.

Same thing happened with my mother. I knew she liked cheesy movies (I mean, she owns stuff like Frankenfish and Bats, for Christ's sake), but I was shocked when I stopped by and found out she now owns the movie and had ordered the first book. On the other hand, she doesn't read nearly as much as she used to and if this gets her back into that, I may just buy her the rest of the series - I mean, Mother's Day is right around the corner. ;)

As to the larger point, though, I agree - if someone is looking for some cheap entertainment, there's little harm in it.

EDIT: I should also add, I probably won't see this in theaters. Last time I tried that, I found myself too annoyed by the type of people watching it with me to actually enjoy the movie. However, thanks the the praise in the other F&F thread, I did rent the third one.

[TrackZero]

And people all mocked me for loving the F&F series. Who's laughing now? (Well, technically, Universal Pictures.) Still, can't wait to watch this sometime in the week.

[TrackZero]

are you fucking kidding me?
Jesus must really hate america right now.

[Hector looks over Brian's Eclipse]
Hector: Nice wheels. Whatcha running under there?
[Brian looks at him, but doesn't answer]
Hector: You're gonna make me find out the hard way? You're brave! You're brave. They call me Hector. Got a last name too, but I can't pronounce it.
Brian: Brian Spilner.
Hector: Typical white boy name.

[ShivaX]

What often gets overlooked in these scenarios is competition.

F&F didn't have any so it did well. Theres not a lot of action movies out right now and the series has always had an appeal to a certain type of car buff.

[Adam Blue]

What often gets overlooked in these scenarios is competition.

F&F didn't have any so it did well. Theres not a lot of action movies out right now and the series has always had an appeal to a certain type of car buff.

Well, there's that John Cena film. Isn't that a huge group of fans?

[ShivaX]

Well, there's that John Cena film. Isn't that a huge group of fans?

Not even John Cena fans want to watch a John Cena movie.

[CES]

And people all mocked me for loving the F&F series. Who's laughing now? (Well, technically, Universal Pictures.) Still, can't wait to watch this sometime in the week.

Not me anyway, I'm just envious of the fact it's not released in the UK till friday. Bit harsh to be honest.

[menage]

Great for a Sunday afternoon when recovering from a hangover, cold day in hell if i see stuff like this in the in the cinema though.

[Crowe]

"Brian Spillner? Sounds like a serial killer name. Is that what you are Brian?"

[civil]

And people all mocked me for loving the F&F series. Who's laughing now? (Well, technically, Universal Pictures.) Still, can't wait to watch this sometime in the week.
*raises hand*

Only now you're just one of millions that I mock and laugh at. In fact I was making "ooh ooh aah aah" monkey sounds as I was typing this. :p

[Iron Past]

What often gets overlooked in these scenarios is competition.

F&F didn't have any so it did well. Theres not a lot of action movies out right now and the series has always had an appeal to a certain type of car buff.

Bull. No action/racing movies, no, but there was absolutely competition for the demographic. Adventureland was shooting for the exact same audience and released last week, too. Then there's 12 Rounds, I Love You Man, Haunting in Connecticut, Knowing and even (arguably) Monsters vs Aliens, all of which are at least a couple weeks old but still going for the same demo. No competition doesn't account for all various records broken, either, especially when people are supposed to be spending less money, or beating even the highest most generous predictions by more than $20 mil.

Fun Fact: This already took in $10 mil more than the entire box office gross of Tokyo Drift.

Anyway, told you it was going to do phenomenal. :p

[Ancalagon]

I think theres a place for mindless action movies like Fast and Furious and 300.... as long as they are done well.

Same applies to Twilight - its not that the mere fact that it is a mindless teen vampire/romance story is bad, its that it isnt a good one. Are good writing and mindlessness mutually exclusive?

I'll probably see this movie, maybe this weekend.

[TrackZero]

"Brian Spillner? Sounds like a serial killer name. Is that what you are Brian?"

Epic fail. He mentions his middle name as well in that quote, which is what makes it sound like a serial killers.

[Hexxagonal]

Hey whatever happened to it not mattering by how much you win by? Gloating about how you destroyed Watchmen and Anger Management! Winning is winning I thought that's what you said. Ask any racer, any real racer.

[Karak]

Good movie.
Will watch again.
For a fourth movie in a series aside from Harry Potter and such, you can't expect much. But this was very entertaining.

[TheFlyingOrc]

Hey whatever happened to it not mattering by how much you win by? Gloating about how you destroyed Watchmen and Anger Management! Winning is winning I thought that's what you said. Ask any racer, any real racer.

This made me laugh.

[BlackPete]

Hmm this could be further evidence that "Ow my balls" and "Ass" will truly dominate the box office.

[muddi900]

Wasn't the first F&F similar surprise hit? I now remember why I don't find these movies fu. They're too damn predictable. Gonna watch it with friends this weekend any way.

[MagGnome]

Mindless action movie makes big bucks at US Box Office.

I'm shocked. :p

[Crowe]

Epic fail. He mentions his middle name as well in that quote, which is what makes it sound like a serial killers.

I think I can have some slack. I mean the movie is very old and I watched it like.....3 weeks ago.

[CES]

Fun Fact: This already took in $10 mil more than the entire box office gross of Tokyo Drift.

Anyway, told you it was going to do phenomenal. :p

Part of that is probably down to Vin marketing the hell out of it. He's been going on a mad press tour to show off the movie.

Best one was this:

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[axion]

Lol, that interview is amazing, especially the ending.

[DarkDay]

lol, funny interview, Vin rocks.

[Generation ABXY]

I caught his interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but I thought that one was terrible. The one above, though, I have to agree, was pretty amusing.

[Krispy]

It's really a shame films like this reach so many people but films like Tideland or Irreversible do not. Oh well, what's an elitist to do? *Goes and starts a blog*

[rinichanraar]

It's really a shame films like this reach so many people but films like Tideland or Irreversible do not. Oh well, what's an elitist to do? *Goes and starts a blog*

Imagine the response if an audience was expecting to see Fast & Furious, but Irreversible started playing instead. God, that would be hilarious.

[Krispy]

Imagine the response if an audience was expecting to see Fast & Furious, but Irreversible started playing instead. God, that would be hilarious.

Hahahaha. I know a bunch of people who went to Fast & Furious drunk. I think that there would be a lot of vomit.