The Fast & Furious franchise has once again zoomed onto the global box office scene with the release of “Fast & Furious X,” the tenth instalment in the series. Despite its record-breaking $251.4m international opening, its domestic box office numbers are not quite so positive.
In its opening weekend, “Fast X” grossed $67.5m, which was just $3m shy of its predecessor, “F9.” However, it will need to hold well for future releases to be financially feasible, given its estimated budget of $300m. Though the international box office gross for “Fast X” is currently beating “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” for the best returns, the China market, which is usually a good performer for the franchise, is not quite catching up. Unlike its predecessor “F9,” which grossed 319 million yuan for a run time of 13 days in 2021, “Fast X” grossed just 102 million yuan in 2 days.
Though its opening numbers rose to meet studio expectations, the film will need word of mouth to reach $900m to match 2017’s $726m gross followed by positive prospects for the future of the franchise. The US is not the largest market for the franchise, so international box office takings are expected to be much higher than domestic ones.
“Fast X” reunites almost every major and legacy player from the franchise and marks the return of the original director, Louis Leterrier. Jason Momoa plays a new vengeful villain who goes up against star Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto, with the film’s spectacular ratings anticipation also setting it to take the box office crown from Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
However, the film will face direct competition from Disney’s The Little Mermaid live-action remake in the upcoming weeks, which may impact box-office takings moving forward.
Despite its sluggish domestic box office, “Fast & Furious X” has already taken the second-biggest theatrical opening this year, indicating its continued appeal to audiences worldwide. As the Fast & Furious franchise continues to rev its engine, it remains to be seen whether “Fast & Furious X” can overcome the challenging domestic box office landscape and continue to dominate cinemas globally.
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