It is unclear whether this success, exceeding all expectations, is due rather to the decline in the cost of fuel or the recent disappearance – in a car accident, of course – one of the stars of the series, but with around after $ 400 million in revenue in its opening weekend, Fast & amp; Furious 7 can already claim the top step of the podium
According to the website of the professional publication Variety , Fast & amp.; Furious 7 (French translation of the original title Furious 7) reported $ 143.6 million in North America, ranking ninth and startups. The $ 245 million in revenue in the world are the fourth of global output behind two episodes of the Harry Potter series and the first film of the Avengers series. In France, where one does not count in dollars or euros but spectators, the film directed by James Wan recorded 357,566 entries Wednesday 1 st April, the day of its release.
This success could enable the Universal studio to place alongside Warner, Fox and Sony, among the film studios which passed the billion dollars in global box office.
Read also: The shadow of Paul Walker Flat on “Fast & amp; Furious 7 “
The success of the series is even more remarkable that it is not based on the exploitation of a known product (toys like Transformers or heroes cartoon like Superman or The Avengers) and password first magnitude stars.
In November 2013, the death of Paul Walker, the The actor, who from the first episode, embodied a police initially responsible for dealing with street racing, had interrupted the filming of Fast & amp; Furious 7 , whose script was partially rewritten. The circumstances of his death – along with a friend who has lost control of the sports car he was trying – probably heightened interest in the series
. Read also: The mechanics of success
No comments:
Post a Comment