Fast and Furious 8 kicks off with an all-time record
Adventure thriller "Fast and Furious 8" started with the best result in the history of world cinema. The movie made $ 532 million in its premiere weekend. Thus, the picture displaced from the first place the previous record holder - "Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens", which earned $ 529 million at one time. This result was unexpected even for the studio Universal itself, according to the forecasts of which , the eighth episode had practically no chance to start better than the previous one, interest in which was fueled by the dramatic death of one of the key roles - Paul Walker. In North America, as expected, "Fast and Furious 8" started working on the first weekend -and $ 100 million, that is, substantially less than the seventh series. The success of the movie at the international box office confirms the importance of the franchise for the global movie market. Note that the production budget of "Fast and the Furious 8" is estimated at $ 250 million. At least half of this amount was spent on an advertising campaign. Thus, for the project to pay off at the box office, he needs to earn at least $ 600 million. With such an astronomical result at the start, the movie will have no problems with ROI. The Topic of Article: Fast and Furious 8 kicks off with an all-time record. |
