The Box Office Report: ‘Fast X’ sputters with $67.5M opening weekend
The Box Office Report: ‘Fast X’ sputters with $67.5M opening weekend
The latest ‘Fast & Furious’ movie can’t keep up with the high performance of past installments.
Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of May 19-21, 2023.
1. Fast X
Weekend gross: $67.5M
Total domestic gross: $67.5M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
Is the Fast & Furious franchise running out of gas?
After hitting $86.2 million, $97.3 million, $147.2 million and $98.8 million debuts with Fast Five, Fast and Furious 6, Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious, the franchise took a noticeable step back when Hobbes & Shaw opened with just $60 million. F9: The Fast Saga debuted with $70 million in 2021, which easily could’ve been attributed to people still coming back to movie theaters after the pandemic.
It was on Fast X to prove that this franchise still had the juice to be considered in the same breath as the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it came to box office performance.
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