International Box Office: The Fate of the Furious Races Past $950 Million

Going into the weekend The Fate of the Furious is already at $965.6 million worldwide and as early as Friday the film might hit $1 billion.

The Fate of the Furious scored $158.1 million in 65 countries last weekend, down from its all-time record breaking $437.2 million opening. Including Wednesday the film is up to $794.2 million internationally and $965.6 million worldwide. That means as early as Friday, but most likely on Saturday, The Fate of the Furious will become the 30th movie to ever gross more than $1 billion. Unsurprisingly the film’s top international market is China, already at $340.5 million after 14 days. Back in 2015 Furious 7 made $390.9 million over there, a number the new one should ultimately surpass before it leaves the country.

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The Fate of the Furious was big in other markets too with $30.3 million in Mexico(F7 finished there with $51.7 million), $29.5 million in the UK ($59.9 million for F7), $27.4 million in Brazil ($46.6 million, F7), $24.1 million in Germany ($42.8 million, F7) and $23.3 million in Russia ($34 million, F7). All in all Furious 7 totaled $1.163 billion internationally and I believe The Fate of the Furious will stop around $1 billion in the same markets. Worldwide the new film is headed for $1.2 billion, down from the incredible $1.516 billion (6th on the all-time chart) made by Furious 7 two years ago.

That much money would get The Fate of the Furious as high as 11th, just shy of 10th (Iron Man 3 with $1.214 billion) on the all-time worldwide chart. As far as 2017 goes The Fate of the Furious currently ranks 2nd behind Beauty and the Beast, but that might change (50-50). The only other movie that could realistically push The Fate of the Furious to 2nd (or 3rd) is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which will probably make upwards of $1.5 billion worldwide.

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