Fate Of The Furious Passes $1 Billion At Worldwide Box Office

The latest edition to the Fast and Furious series has surpassed the $1 billion milestone at the global box office after a very successful opening month.




The Fate of the Furious has hit the $1 billion mark over the weekend, bringing its total to about $1.06 billion. It is only the second film in the franchise to pass that milestone, its predecessor Furious 7 being the other to do so. According to Box Office Mojo, this makes Fate the 21st highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide, unadjusted for inflation, surpassing 2016’s biggest film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Take a look at updated tallies for the entire Fast and Furious franchise below:

Movie (Release Year/# of Theaters) Total Domestic Gross Total Domestic Gross, Adjusted to 2017 Worldwide Unadjusted Total Gross
The Fate of the Furious (2017/4,310) $192.7 million (so far) $192.7 million $1.06 million (so far)
Furious 7 (2015/4,004) $353 million $362.7 million $1.5 billion
Fast and Furious 6 (2013/3,658) $238.7 million $251.8 million $788.7 million
Fast Five (2011/3,644) $209.8 million $230.2 million $626.1 million
Fast & Furious (2009/3,461) $155.1 million $183.7 million $363.2 million
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006/3,027) $62.5 million $84.4 million $158.5 million
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003/3,408) $127.2 million $186.4 million $236.4 million
The Fast and the Furious (2001/2,628) $144.5 million $225.7 million $207.3 million

The latest Furious title released with the biggest global opening of all time at $542 million, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and continued to rule the box office in its second weekend.

This strong release positioned the movie to hit the coveted $1 billion mark, an achievement held by only 29 movies before it, including Furious 7, which ended its run with $1.52 billion worldwide.

Of the 30 $1 Billion grossing films, four are held by Universal titles. Only two movies have hit the mark this year, with the first being Disney’s live-action remake Beauty and the Beast.

The Fate of the Furious is the eighth title in the fast-paced action series which released on April 14 and, according to IGN’s review, kicks right into high gear.

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