{"id":55582,"date":"2017-04-16T23:12:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T06:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=55582"},"modified":"2017-04-21T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:08:26","slug":"box-office-fate-furious-breaks-records-overseas-worldwide-slips-somewhat-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/04\/box-office-fate-furious-breaks-records-overseas-worldwide-slips-somewhat-north-america.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: The Fate of the Furious<\/i> breaks records overseas and worldwide but slips somewhat in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Fast and the Furious<\/i> franchise set some new records at the box office this week.<\/p>\n

The Fate of the Furious<\/b><\/i> \u2014 the eighth installment in the 16-year-old series \u2014 grossed an estimated $532.5 million around the world<\/a> this weekend, thereby breaking the record set two years ago by Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/i> ($529 million).<\/p>\n

Of the new film\u2019s global haul, $432.3 million came from overseas \u2014 far surpassing the foreign record set by Jurassic World<\/i> ($316.7 million) \u2014 and $100.2 million came from North America<\/a>, which is hardly a record (the film ranks 42nd<\/a> among domestic openings, well behind Furious 7<\/i>\u2019s $147.2 million) but is still pretty good.<\/p>\n

The only other new film in the top ten this week was Gifted<\/b><\/i>, which stars Chris Evans as a man who gets into a custody battle with his mathematically talented niece\u2019s grandmother. That film, which had a limited release last week, expanded to 1,146 theatres this week and landed in sixth place with $3 million.<\/p>\n

Two \u201cfaith-based\u201d films did well at the box office this Easter weekend, too.<\/p>\n

The Case for Christ<\/i><\/b>, which cracked the top ten when it opened in 1,174 theatres last week<\/a>, had a slight expansion to 1,386 theatres this week and landed in ninth place with $2.72 million, thereby raising its domestic cume to $8.4 million.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Shack<\/b><\/i> landed in 14th place with $700,000 in its seventh week.<\/p>\n

The Shack<\/i> had the fourth-best first<\/a> and second weeks<\/a> of any \u201cfaith-based<\/a>\u201d film, and, if the estimates hold, this week it will have the eighth-best seventh weekend:<\/p>\n