Fast X Opens With $319 Million Box Office Weekend

Quick X just came out over the weekend and it’s already an impressive start.

According to Hollywood Reporterthe newest master entry in series of actions has earned a total of $318.9 million worldwide at the time of writing. Because it was released in territories such as Belgium and France midweek on May 17, $251.4 million of the film’s proceeds came from international audiences. Although China was the largest sponsor with $78.3 million, the film received the best franchise of $7 million for Japan, where it is apparently known as Wild Speed: Fire Boost. Due to the film’s international opening, Quick X has the biggest opening in 2023 (s0 far) and the second biggest in a year behind Super Mario Bros.‘ 377 million dollars will start in April.

Domestically, it opened to $67.5 million, barely in line with the $65-75 million range that analysts had predicted prior to the release. This continues the franchise’s gradual decline here in the west, but despite that, the film is still doing quite well. Right now, Quick X ranked third after 2018 The fate of the furious ($541.9 million) and 2015 furious 7 (397.6 million dollars). Up until its release this weekend, the buildup was pretty weird. Some trailers reveal more of the movie than you might think, and it’s also not entirely clear if it’s actually the same movie. penultimate film in the series. However, the franchise has a lot of good will, and wild tricks and Jason Momoa putting on a show makes a big difference. And it helps

Meanwhile, second and third places went to Chris Pratt. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 earned $80.8 million worldwide ($32 million in North America and $48.8 million internationally) in its third weekend, bringing the film’s total box office to $659.1 million. AND Super Mario Bros. added an additional $9.7 million to its North American gross, helping to bring its total box office to $1.248 billion and becoming the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time. The film recently went on stream, so Nintendo and Illumination are at a point where getting more revenue from theaters doesn’t matter much to them.

For Fast And guardiansThe next few weeks will be difficult for them. Mermaid Opening May 26, the remake has received decent reviews so far and will be boosted by Memorial Day weekend and the star power of its leading lady, pop star Halle Bailey. In the coming weeks, things will get better: in June it will be released Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2 June), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (June 9) and Flash (June 16). Both spider verse And Flash received good impressions from those who saw them before release, while Height The Hollywood premiere will take place next Saturday, May 27.

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