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New Fast & Furious movie smashes box office records

 
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Roughly 43% of audiences watching the new film were female

Roughly 43% of audiences watching the new film were female

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The Fast and the Furious franchise may not be known for its Oscar-winning performances or well thought-out plot developments, but that hasn't stopped the fourth instalment 'Fast & Furious' from smashing a number of box-office records in its opening weekend.

In what has surprised many entertainment critics, the return of the first film's cast of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel has proven a hit with audiences, with the latest flick grossing a massive $72.5 million over just three days. This figure is around double what analysts were expecting, and is now the current record for the highest April opening ever, according to CNN. It also takes the accolade for best opening for 2009 thus far, beating out Watchmen and Monsters v. Aliens.

While many of us would think that the movie made its money on the backs of impressionable teenage boys, the statistics are showing that around 43% of the audiences were female, and that over 40% of the audiences were older than 25 years old.

Some commentators are describing the new film as a historic premiere, and it's hard to argue with the figures behind the movie's opening weekend. In fact, not even Steven Spielberg's third installment of the wildly popular Jurassic Park series had a larger opening than the new Fast & Furious. Furthermore, it also takes out the best opening ever for a car-themed movie, beating out the eponymous Cars by more than 20%.

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  1. ma_SuperSkyline89 avatar SuperSkyline89 Posted: 4/7/2009 7:28am PDT

    I went to see it last night because a friend wanted too and I figured I might as well. I have to say the cars in this one are the best yet. For the most part, the overly tuned and modified tuners are gone and I'm glad for it. Performance is the main focus for the cars now. Of course, the acting is still crap as always and the story is nothing that will win any awards or even comments about how it's good. I was especially glad to see that Walker's Skyline was mostly left untouched as far as body mods go, a nice set of rims is really all that car needs. Seeing the Lamborghini LM002 was cool also and I was pretty surprised to see what looked like a Porsche Cayman with a TechArt body kit. There was a nice dose of muscle cars too: 69 Charger, 70 Chevelle, Gran Torino, Buick GNX.
     
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  2. ma_Ivan avatar Ivan Posted: 4/7/2009 8:29am PDT

    I have to admit I went to see it too. It was worse than expected, even though opening scene was pretty good.
    The most surprising car I saw in movie? Ford RS200, I could not believe my eyes. Let that be a lesson to Hollywood - even crappy car movie can gross 80mill; time to make some quality car movie.

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