Furious 7 Weekend Numbers: Revised Official Estimate - 146.5M (Sunday underestimated) | Official OS Estimate - 240.4M

[ecstasy]

They would need to bring back Maguire, Dunst, Franco, Dafoe, Garfield, Stone, Dehaan, Cooper, Jones, the Lizard dude, Molina, Grace, Dallas Howard, JK Simmons and both Aunt Mays to work like it did for the Fast franchise 

 

Agree 100%.

[MovieMan89]

They would need to bring back Maguire, Dunst, Franco, Dafoe, Garfield, Stone, Dehaan, Cooper, Jones, the Lizard dude, Molina, Grace, Dallas Howard, JK Simmons and both Aunt Mays to work like it did for the Fast franchise 

Dueling Mays FTW! Sally Field vs Rosemary Harris, place your bets.

[grey ghost]

They would need to bring back Maguire, Dunst, Franco, Dafoe, Garfield, Stone, Dehaan, Cooper, Jones, the Lizard dude, Molina, Grace, Dallas Howard, JK Simmons and both Aunt Mays to work like it did for the Fast franchise 

Hmm, I forgot bringing back old actors is what saved the Furious franchise.

Successful reboots might be a better comparison.

[PDC1987]

By the end of the summer Universal will have at least 5 over 50 million debuts and 4 over 85 million debuts. But anyway now in the present I hope Furious 7 makes 125+ this weekend

Universal was the first studio to have 5 $40 million openers in a 12 month peroid, from 2000 to 2001.

[ecstasy]

THE HUNTSMAN 

 

Really? You think so? What was the first OW? I'll have to check mojo.

[TalismanRing]

They would need to bring back Maguire, Dunst, Franco, Dafoe, Garfield, Stone, Dehaan, Cooper, Jones, the Lizard dude, Molina, Grace, Dallas Howard, JK Simmons and both Aunt Mays to work like it did for the Fast franchise 

 

Or they could just add RDJ as Iron Man.

[ecstasy]

Hmm, I forgot bringing back old actors is what saved the Furious franchise.

Successful reboots might be a better comparison.

X men had to do the same thing.

[CJohn]

Or they could just add RDJ as Iron Man.

Or BATMAN!

 

Really? You think so? What was the first OW? I'll have to check mojo.

He was joking  

[grim22]

Holy shit, this just happened at Universal Studios. WTF

 

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/man-reportedly-kills-himself-at-universal-studios-1201466176/

 

One man is dead after fatally shooting himself at the Universal Studios theme park on Friday.

A spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said that law enforcement officials responded to a call around 2:24 p.m. of a possible suicide at 3900 Lankershim Boulevard.

Universal Studios has reportedly shut down several attractions near the incident, which took place near the Despicable Me ride.

 

[MovieMan89]

As discussed before, the ethnic diversity of the FF movies has had a major hand in it becoming so big I'm sure. There is really no other alternative for blockbusters with a cast of that diversity. You'd think Hollywood would take note.

[ecstasy]

Or BATMAN!

 

He was joking

LOL I didn't know.

Holy shit, this just happened at Universal Studios. WTF

 

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/man-reportedly-kills-himself-at-universal-studios-1201466176/

 

Ugh. Awful.

[grim22]

As discussed before, the ethnic diversity of the FF movies has had a major hand in it becoming so big I'm sure. There is really no other alternative for blockbusters with a cast of that diversity. You'd think Hollywood would take note.

 

They are taking note, most of the JL and Suicide Squad casts are not white males, and (at the risk of severely and irreparably derailing this thread, here goes) there is a rumor that the new Spider-Man may be black.

 

Even TV is learning this lesson with the success of the Shondaland shows, Empire and Fresh off the boat.

Edited April 4, 2015 by grim22

[AJG]

Holy shit, this just happened at Universal Studios. WTF

 

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/man-reportedly-kills-himself-at-universal-studios-1201466176/

Shooting yourself in front off all those kids. Some people have no shame.

[PDC1987]

As discussed before, the ethnic diversity of the FF movies has had a major hand in it becoming so big I'm sure. There is really no other alternative for blockbusters with a cast of that diversity. You'd think Hollywood would take note.

Exactly.

 

Same thing wth TWD slaughtering everything else on TV.

[CJohn]

Holy shit, this just happened at Universal Studios. WTF

 

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/man-reportedly-kills-himself-at-universal-studios-1201466176/

Weird place to commit suicide.

[CoolioD1]

really? next to the kiddie rides? that's just bad suicide etiquette. 

[terrestrial]

‘Furious 7′ Racing to Huge $140 Million Opening Weekend

 

Variety

 

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/furious-7-soaring-to-125-million-opening-weekend-in-u-s-1201466113/

[Blankments]

I enjoyed it a lot. The big final sequence was pretty absurd and too long, but what a great ending.

It's less absurd than SIX

 

But yeah, Hail Furious 7's last seven minutes

[CJohn]

 

“Furious 7″ blasted off with $58 million to $60 million on Friday — including $15.8 million in 3,069 Thursday-night showings that started at 7 p.m. in the U.S.

RIDE OR DIE.

[grey ghost]

‘Furious 7′ Racing to Huge $140 Million Opening Weekend

 

Variety

 

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/furious-7-soaring-to-125-million-opening-weekend-in-u-s-1201466113/

When did Baumer start writing articles for Variety?