{"id":32869,"date":"2017-04-30T07:17:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32869"},"modified":"2017-04-30T07:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T07:17:40","slug":"furious-8-leaves-competition-in-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32869","title":{"rendered":"‘Furious 8’ leaves competition in the dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Furious-8\"Universal's “The Fate of the Furious” topped the North American box office for a second weekend, industry data showed, taking $38.4 million as it closed in on $1 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n

The eighth installment in the high-octane series starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shattered records on its opening weekend with global revenues of more than $500 million, and that figure has since surged to $908.3 million.<\/p>\n

Domestically, the movie is lagging behind “Furious 7,” which took $250 million over its first two weekends, but with strong performances in foreign markets it is still expected to cross the $1 billion worldwide benchmark later this week.<\/p>\n

Directed by F. Gary Gray of “Straight Outta Compton” fame, “Furious 8,” also featuring Charlize Theron, Tyrese Gibson and hip-hop star Ludacris, follows Diesel's Dom Toretto, who is coerced into joining forces with a cyber-terrorist played by Theron.<\/p>\n

It was a disappointing week for the five new country-wide releases — “Born in China,” “Unforgettable,” “The Promise,” “Phoenix Forgotten” and “Free Fire” — none of which made it into the top five or managed to cross the $5 million mark.<\/p>\n

Second place went to a film in its fourth week — DreamWorks animation “The Boss Baby” which took in $12.7 million, according to industry data tracker Exhibitor Relations.<\/p>\n

Fox's tale of rivalry between infants and puppies — featuring Alec Baldwin as the voice of the tie-wearing chief baby — has earned a total of $137 million.<\/p>\n

Disney's third-placed “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, continued to draw viewers, earning $9.7 million in its sixth week for a total of $471 million domestically and $1.1 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n

In fourth, Warner Bros. comedy “Going in Style,” starring Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin and Michael Caine as aging bank robbers, made $4.91 million, swapping places with “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” which took $30,000 less.<\/p>\n

The Sony animation has amassed a disappointing $33.4 million total in three weeks following an opening described by the Hollywood Reporter as “one of the worst starts in recent memory for an animated offering from a major Hollywood studio.”<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top 10 were:<\/p>\n

“Born in China” ($4.790 million)<\/p>\n

“Unforgettable” ($4.785 million)<\/p>\n

“Gifted” ($4.6 million)<\/p>\n

“The Promise” ($4.1 million)<\/p>\n

“The Lost City of Z” ($2.1 million)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Universal’s “The Fate of the Furious” topped the North American box office for a second weekend, industry data showed, taking $38.4 million as it closed in on $1 billion worldwide. The eighth installment in the high-octane series starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shattered records on its opening weekend with global revenues of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n