Paul Walker’s final Fast and Furious makes $14.62m at box office over long weekend
Fast and Furious 7 has dominated the weekend box office, pulling in a staggering $14.62m across 507 screens in its opening weekend.
The seventh movie in the blockbuster series was in production when star Paul Walker was killed in a car crash during a break in filming in November 2013.
It easily trumped last week’s number one Cinderella which grabbed $3.15m over the long weekend to take its total Australian-box office takings to $9.706m.
Dreamworks’ latest film, Home, earned $1.916m on its third weekend, while Spongbob Squarepants: Sponge Out of Water made $1.325m in tickets over the long weekend across 402 screens.
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart’s film Get Hard fell to sixth place, pulling in $1.034m across 154 screens while Will Smith’s Focus made $222,629 across 105 screens.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast And Furious 7 (Universal) | $14,620,741 | 507 | $14,965,436 |
| Cinderella (Disney) | $3,150,485 | 0 | $9,706,792 |
| Home (Fox) | $1,916,206 | 327 | $8,014,046 |
| Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water (Paramount) | $1,325,722 | 402 | $2,213,963 |
| Insurgent (Eone) | $1,173,694 | 254 | $9,228,691 |
| Get Hard (Wb) | $1,034,009 | 154 | $3,455,608 |
| The Duff (Roadshow) | $831,175 | 169 | $831,175 |
| Shaun The Sheep (Studiocanal) | $800,293 | 242 | $1,843,094 |
| The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox) | $402,929 | 159 | $15,036,313 |
| Focus (Wb) | $222,629 | 105 | $8,496,763 |
| Little Chaos, A (Paramount) | $207,680 | 0 | $562,201 |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox) | $168,135 | 52 | $18,025,533 |
| Tinkerbell: Legend Of The Neverbeast (Disney) | $120,160 | 156 | $201,332 |
| Leviathan (Palace) | $118,021 | 14 | $360,126 |
| Samba (Transmission) | $113,946 | 28 | $252,145 |
| That Sugar Film (Madman) | $90,339 | 40 | $1,009,297 |
| The Book Of Life (Fox) | $87,766 | 192 | $117,678 |
| Dior And I (Madman) | $77,084 | 17 | $261,847 |
| Big Eyes (Roadshow) | $65,929 | 32 | $426,269 |
| Chappie (Sony) | $61,117 | 57 | $3,107,673 |
