kayumanggi Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Today Marks a Significant Milestone in Our History. Today FURIOUS 7 will reach $1 billion in worldwide box office grosses. This is the first time in Universal’s 103-year history that we have had a film achieve this level of success in its first run. It will certainly exceed this number as well as have the distinction of being the quickest of any film to reach this milestone in just 17 days. At Universal we have had franchises with strong results at the box office, including JURASSIC PARK, DESPICABLE ME and the BOURNE series, and although we take great pride in these accomplishments, what distinguishes FAST & FURIOUS is that it is an original live action concept with an entirely diverse cast. It is the only franchise of its kind to reach a total of MORE THAN $3.39 billion and counting. On behalf of all of us, I am incredibly proud of the motion picture team at Universal, the cast and filmmakers of the FAST & FURIOUS for all they have done to take our original idea and evolve it into a huge, global, blockbuster franchise. When our friend and colleague Paul Walker tragically passed away in the middle of production, our team, led by Jeff Shell and Donna Langley, and the filmmakers along with the cast and crew did what they do best: They focused on family first; then talked to the fans; then got to work on making a great film that we can all be proud of. We were all saddened and honored to be a part of Paul’s final career performance and to celebrate his defining role in our lives. http://deadline.com/2015/04/furious-7-billion-dollars-worldwide-vin-diesel-1201411955/ Congratulations Universal! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Today Marks a Significant Milestone in Our History. Today FURIOUS 7 will reach $1 billion in worldwide box office grosses. This is the first time in Universal’s 103-year history that we have had a film achieve this level of success in its first run. It will certainly exceed this number as well as have the distinction of being the quickest of any film to reach this milestone in just 17 days. 16 days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 'Jurassic World' Roars, 'Minions' Scores, 'Everest' Soars at CinemaCon http://t.co/JxQzXZqou0 — TheWrap (@TheWrap) April 23, 2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 16 days. Jurassic Park made over $800 million WW.....in 1993. No doubt FF7 wasn't the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Jurassic Park made over $800 million WW.....in 1993. No doubt FF7 wasn't the first. Huh? First to 1B, 800M WW =/= 1B. Was just talking about how fast it took to hit 1B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Jurassic Park made over $900 million WW.....in 1993. No doubt FF7 wasn't the first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Why is there always one person purposely being glib? As it says, F7 is their first film to hit $1 billion in its first run and they're obviously referring to raw grosses, not inflation adjusted numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Huh? First to 1B, 800M WW =/= 1B. Was just talking about how fast it took to hit 1B. I wasn't being contrarian to anything you were saying. It wasn't a direct response really. Also, $800/$900M WW in 1993 is definitely $1b. Adjusting for inflation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Why is there always one person purposely being glib? As it says, F7 is their first film to hit $1 billion in its first run and they're obviously referring to raw grosses, not inflation adjusted numbers. Yes it's obvious. I just wanted to point out that Universal (one of my favorite studios) has hit that mountaintop before, with JP. 22 years ago. Edited April 24, 2015 by lilmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No they didn't, because JP didn't gross $1 billion in it's first run. That's what this is about, raw grosses. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No they didn't, because JP didn't gross $1 billion in it's first run. That's what this is about, raw grosses. Yeah. First 1B grosser is Fast 7. End. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Rank Studio Year Days to $1 billion Date Achieved 1 Universal 2015 165 6/14/15 2 Paramount 2008 174 6/22/08 3 Paramount 2010 175 6/24/10 4 20th Century Fox 2010 179 6/28/10 5 Paramount 2009 182 7/1/09 6 Paramount 2011 184 7/3/11 8 Buena Vista 2012 189 7/7/12 7 Paramount 2007 189 7/8/07 10 Warner Bros. 2009 192 7/11/09 9 Buena Vista 2013 192 7/11/13 11 Sony / Columbia 2002 192 7/11/02 12 20th Century Fox 2014 194 7/13/14 13 20th Century Fox 2005 197 7/16/05 15 Universal 2013 200 7/19/13 14 Warner Bros. 2011 200 7/19/11 16 Warner Bros. 2013 201 7/20/13 17 Warner Bros. 2008 205 7/23/08 19 Warner Bros. 2010 206 7/25/10 18 Sony / Columbia 2012 206 7/24/12 20 Buena Vista 2010 209 7/28/10 21 Warner Bros. 2012 212 7/30/12 22 Buena Vista 2003 213 8/1/03 23 Buena Vista 2006 215 8/3/06 24 Warner Bros. 2014 217 8/5/14 26 Sony / Columbia 2006 218 8/6/06 25 Buena Vista 2014 218 8/6/14 27 Universal 2012 218 8/5/12 28 Sony / Columbia 1997 242 8/30/97 29 Sony / Columbia 2007 252 9/9/07 30 Warner Bros. 2007 255 9/12/07 31 Sony / Columbia 2004 257 9/13/04 32 20th Century Fox 2006 260 9/17/06 33 Sony / Columbia 2010 261 9/18/10 34 Sony / Columbia 2014 266 9/23/14 35 Buena Vista 2011 273 9/30/11 36 Sony / Columbia 2009 276 10/3/09 37 Sony / Columbia 2011 279 10/6/11 38 Warner Bros. 2005 282 10/9/05 39 Sony / Columbia 2008 284 10/10/08 41 Buena Vista 2007 285 10/12/07 40 Sony / Columbia 2003 285 10/12/03 42 Sony / Columbia 2013 299 10/26/13 43 Buena Vista 2002 308 11/4/02 44 Buena Vista 2009 313 11/9/09 45 Universal 2007 314 11/10/07 46 Universal 2011 316 11/12/11 47 Universal 2014 320 11/16/14 48 Lionsgate 2012 321 11/16/12 49 Warner Bros. 2003 326 11/22/03 50 Buena Vista 1996 327 11/22/96 51 Buena Vista 2000 329 11/24/00 52 Buena Vista 1999 330 11/26/99 53 Buena Vista 2004 331 11/26/04 54 Warner Bros. 2004 332 11/27/04 56 Universal 2008 333 11/28/08 55 Paramount 1998 333 11/29/98 57 Warner Bros. 2001 336 12/2/01 58 Universal 2003 340 12/6/03 59 20th Century Fox 2013 341 12/7/13 61 Paramount 2014 347 12/13/14 60 Buena Vista 1998 347 12/13/98 62 Lionsgate 2013 349 12/15/13 63 20th Century Fox 2009 352 12/18/09 64 Warner Bros. 2002 354 12/20/02 65 Warner Bros. 2006 355 12/21/06 66 Universal 2000 357 12/22/00 67 Warner Bros. 1999 360 12/26/99 68 20th Century Fox 2012 362 12/27/12 70 20th Century Fox 2007 364 12/30/07 71 Buena Vista 1995 364 12/30/95 69 Universal 2005 364 12/30/05 72 20th Century Fox 2008 365 12/30/08 73 Buena Vista 2008 365 12/30/08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Universal planning MCU? What? Does M stand for Monsters? Or perhaps they are throwing T-Rex, Vin Diesel, Minions, Anna Kendrick and Ted into one movie about BDSM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Universal Pictures today announced that the studio has grossed $5.53 billion, marking the highest-grossing year ever for a studio in industry history. In just seven months, Universal bested the record previously held by 20th Century Fox which ended 2014 with $5.52 billion. http://pro.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2015-08-05-universal-sets-a-new-all-time-record-for-worldwide-total-gross-by-a-major-studio Universal set records for the fastest that a studio has ever reached: $1 billion at the domestic box office; $2 billion and $3 billion at the international box office; and $3 billion, $4 billion and $5 billion at the worldwide box office. In North America, Universal has five of the top eight openers of 2015: No. 1, Jurassic World ($208.7 million); No. 3, Furious 7 ($147.2 million); No. 4, Minions ($115.7 million); No. 7, Fifty Shades of Grey ($85.2 million); and No. 8, Pitch Perfect 2 ($69.2 million). These films also represent five of the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year. Universal has been No.1 at the domestic box office for 11 weekends, celebrated four worldwide No. 1 openings and has held the top spot at the international box office 12 times-all more than any other studio. Jurassic World had the biggest opening weekend of all-time internationally, domestically and worldwide. It is the fastest film to reach $1 billion worldwide after only 13 days of release. Illumination Entertainment's Minions earned the second-highest opening for an animated film in North America, the highest opening for an animated 3-D film of all time and the biggest animated opening day ever Furious 7 is the highest-grossing film ever in China ($390.8 million) and the third-highest-grossing film at the international box office ever. In its first weekend alone, Pitch Perfect 2 out-grossed the domestic lifetime total of Pitch Perfect ($65 million) and more than doubled its modest production budget. It was the highest-grossing live-action musical opening and the second-highest PG-13 comedy opening ever. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Enough, Universal. Enough of your Excellence. It's like staring at the Great Sun: it's too much. We are not worthy Edited August 6, 2015 by zackzack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Hail Universal! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Great buzz with Everest? The trailer looks to me like it is gonna be an awesome IMAX movie. IMAX & Arri have released a digital camera that allows filmmakers to shoot the entire movie on IMAX format. Ari has that awesome 65mm digital camera that is forever going to change large format photography. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsha22 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 their 2015 slate s huge..they can finish either No.1 or 2 with that list of blockbusters. 2015 will be Disney - Universal fight for No.1 unless WB comes with some more gravities .. Yay...my prediction .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Planodisney Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I haven't been on here long, but I was wondering if someone could give the the lowdown on why some members on here root and have allegiance to Universal. Not knocking it at all, just hoping someone could explain it as without a backstory, seems kind of strange. Thanks for any feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...