HUGE Box Office for Fast and Furious

HUGE Box Office for Fast and Furious

Well, in one of my most anticipated movies of the year I assumed the Fast and Furious sequel would do well. Maybe $40 million. But, whoa. The reunion of Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez proved to be the biggest non holiday opening in Universal's history for a 3 day week haul. The sequel pulled in a MONSTER $72 million dollars at the US box office and another $30.1 million internationally. Bringing its total to a crazy $102 million in its first weekend. And far as horror goes. Well, The Haunting in Connecticut pulled in another respectable $9.5 million for a nice total of $37 million. Which leads you to believe it will finish some where north of $55 million easily. Taken from Liam Neesom continues to $1.5 million raising its total to a big $139 million dollars. And if you haven't seen it. Well, shit its one of the best thrillers in a long time. The thriller/scifi venture The Knowing with Nick Cage held solid in 4th place with another $8 million and raising its total to a respectable $58 million. The Last House on the Left can be considered a success taking in a total of $30 million dollars now. Another opening was Alien Trespass. The scifi flick opened in just 40 theaters to a not so great $1,037 per screen for a $42,900. Ouch. That per screen total does not bode well for a wider release. When you consider Fast and Furious had a $20,000 per screen total.