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No, it isn't.

That's just making the racism of the casting explicit rather than implicit. "She's Japanese but she looks white because reasons" is really skeevy.

Hey, I ain't done. In 2019, people won't be looking forward to Avengers or Justice League. They'll be wanting Furious 9.

I think it's more that they are done with the series.

1 1 Furious 7 Uni. $1,742,680 +2% -40% 3,964 $440 $302,276,765 21 2 2 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Sony $991,295 +4% - 3,633 $273 $28,448,184 7 3 4 Unfriended Uni. $644,880 +0% - 2,739 $235 $18,913,765 7 4 5 Home (2015) Fox $590,413 +7% -18% 3,488 $169 $145,484,071 28 5 6 The Longest Ride Fox $535,377 -0% -35% 3,371 $159 $26,032,839 14 6 7 Woman in Gold Wein. $497,716 -5% -15% 2,011 $247 $18,133,779 23 7 3 Monkey Kingdom BV $482,927 -35% - 2,012 $240 $6,707,112 7 8 8 Get Hard WB $400,924 -3% -30% 2,655 $151 $80,161,240 28 9 9 Cinderella (2015) BV $317,774 +7% -24% 2,414 $132 $187,794,430 42 10 10 The Divergent Series: Insurgent LG/S $282,061 -0% -27% 2,542 $111 $121,810,040 35 11 11 True Story FoxS $154,058 -10% - 831 $185 $2,664,968 7 - - It Follows RTWC $89,937 -6% -39% 941 $96 $13,660,509 42 - - Danny Collins BST $86,934 -13% -37% 648 $134 $4,295,357 35 - - Kingsman: The Secret Service Fox $59,760 -6% -37% 556 $107 $125,920,516 70 - - Child 44 LG/S $52,788 -15% - 510 $104 $882,727 7 - - American Sniper WB $40,967 +10% +6% 445 $92 $347,920,677 120 - - The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel FoxS $38,394 -0% -53% 350 $110 $32,234,086 49 - - Do You Believe? PFR $32,951 -6% -59% 449 $73 $12,365,093 35 - - Beyond the Mask Gathr $25,314 +744% -44% 21 $1,205 $652,431 18 - - The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Par. $21,012 -3% +100% 328 $64 $161,799,025 77 - - Focus (2015) WB $15,666 -1% -48% 262 $60 $53,690,682 56 - - Run All Night WB $15,519 -6% -37% 255 $61 $26,245,549 42 - - Fifty Shades of Grey Uni. $12,975 +16% -24% 173 $75 $166,007,105 70 - - The DUFF LGF $8,522 +11% +129% 188 $45 $33,781,768 63 - - Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) WB $8,245 +33% +82% 35 $236 $9,363,998 385 - - Paddington W/Dim. $7,444 +5% -26% 193 $39 $75,513,827 98 - - Jupiter Ascending WB $6,757 +2% -42% 149 $45 $47,261,656 77 - - The Hunting Ground RTWC $5,471 -14% -48% 25 $219 $271,079 56 - - The Gunman ORF $4,884 +6% -72% 121 $40 $10,589,380 35 - - The Imitation Game Wein. $4,657 -17% -49% 75 $62 $91,039,990 147 - - Desert Dancer Rela. $4,377 +6% -7% 27 $162 $102,577 14 - - Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Fox $3,318 +8% -40% 108 $31 $113,535,063 126 - - Black or White Rela. $2,979 +34% -37% 67 $44 $21,532,812 84 - - Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll Argo. $2,660 -25% - 1 $2,660 $6,188 2 - - Beyond the Reach RAtt. $2,558 -19% - 27 $95 $42,814 7 - - The Lazarus Effect Rela. $2,546 -14% -53% 74 $34 $25,503,906 56 - - Taken 3 Fox $2,125 +18% -45% 49 $43 $89,179,052 105 - - Citizenfour RTWC $1,196 -28% +931% 4 $299 $2,794,971 182 - - '71 RAtt. $1,184 -21% -67% 28 $42 $1,257,888 56 - - Song of the Sea GK $842 +1% +96% 9 $94 $837,127 126 - - Lost River WB $726 +17% -90% 3 $242 $40,311 14 - - The Tales of Hoffmann (2015 re-issue) Rialto $176 +21% -62% 1 $176 $74,837 42

If this is a hit, Green Lantern sequel confirmed! (Right after Deadpool is finished, obviously.)

Oh, right. I'd forgotten Cinderella hadn't hit Japan, yet. Okay, that's excitement.

Wasn't there a proposed spinoff about Hobbes at one point?

Diesel's one of the primary producers. If he doesn't want to do them, the films won't happen.

Maybe he came up with the plot idea while they were working on F7?

I wonder if this is the film they make the jump for a large China presence or if that's what they safe for FF9.

Weird. Why so late in the month? 4/7 or even 3/31 seem like they'd be better. Just because it's Easter?

I have complete faith that Ridley Scott can provide that effort.

That sounds about right. Maybe as high as 20m. But in that range.

So something like 320 or so after the weekend?

So, 20 days for F7 to hit 300m. Right between Spidey 2 (19 days) and Spidey 1 (22 days). Such an amazing run.

"If I can't make this film without resorting to some hella racist casting, maybe I shouldn't be making this film."

They cast ScarJo as the lead. That's already cocking it up.

The director is the part of the film you're worried about?

It's really weird how they've just taken to using Trek as a verb instead of a noun.

F7's been holding well so far. How hard is it going to be hit by AoU?

And submitted. I hate ranking things. I wonder if I'm going to skew the list.

Why do you care whether AoU or F7 earns more?

Ugh. Getting started on this late. I've got 44 on my list so far, but they aren't in any good order. I'll probably have to cap it at 50.

Oh, yeah. Tons of people said that beating Titanic was guaranteed. After a few weeks when it became apparent it wasn't going to get there, people tried to organize repeat viewings a month after release because it was necessary to beat Titanic. Actually, I think people also said that setting an OW record was guaranteed, even with the Wednesday opening. It did manage the biggest OD, I believe, but came up short. Thankfully, I think we've mostly found better things to stan for in the past decade and a half.