So…whose idea was it to put a Book Club sequel against Guardians?
. The audience for that movie isn't hyped to see a talking racc00n or space creatures 
, until Vin Diesel and la familia pulls up for Number 1 this weekend with Fast X.
You’d be surprised. And I honestly think the audience for that were too busy being dragged along by their kids and grandkids to Guardians.Counter-programming
Great to see Guardians hold up. Gunn restoring the feeling
the 11th movie in the franchise and the 10th main line entry, Fast X, is here and it's the number one movie in North America with $67.5 million. That's just $2.5 million shy of 2021's, Fast 9's $70 million opening. That's really not bad for a franchise that is seen diminishing returns since the glory days of Furious 7. It's also rocking the same exact B+ CinemaScore that moviegoers gave F9 and that movie finished its run with $719.3 million globally.
The previous high in the franchise? $250 million which belonged to the Fate of the Furious. F9 had a miniscule, dare I say, responsible $200 million budget. 
The sequel fell off by 55.1% from last week compared to the original's 25.8%. 
Book Club grossed $104.4M worldwide? Damn. Diane Keaton rolling over in her grave. 
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | +/- % LW | Theaters | Avg. | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | N | Fast X | $67,500,000 | 4,046 | $16,683 | $67,500,000 | 1 | Universal | |
| 2 | 1 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | $31,980,000 | -48.4% | 4,450 | $7,187 | $266,522,579 | 3 | Disney |
| 3 | 2 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $9,800,000 | -22.3% | 3,540 | $2,768 | $549,291,000 | 7 | Universal |
| 4 | 3 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | $3,000,000 | -55.1% | 3,513 | $854 | $13,125,000 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 5 | 4 | Evil Dead Rise | $2,375,000 | -36.2% | 2,173 | $1,093 | $64,106,000 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | $1,332,000 | -36.1% | 1,312 | $1,015 | $185,313,565 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 5 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. | $1,326,000 | -47.3% | 1,668 | $795 | $18,696,250 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 6 | Hypnotic | $825,000 | -65.6% | 1,733 | $476 | $4,061,216 | 2 | Ketchup Entertainment |
| 9 | 11 | Blackberry | $525,000 | -29.1% | 595 | $882 | $1,200,000 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 10 | 8 | Love Again | $400,000 | -72.4% | 1,243 | $322 | $5,901,000 | 3 | Sony |
Means nothing in the grand scheme of things with a $440 million dollar budget and diminishing overseas returns. They are going to have to reign in Vin's ego and creative control as a lot of this film was wasteful spending due to his issues on set. If you don't think that those overseas numbers are going to down, then look at the previous releases.
That budget is still going to have to go down for the next film. Even if they filmed it back to back there's still the issue of Vin's ego that needs to be put in check or else he'll chase away the next director and cause $1 million dollars to be wasted everyday they don't have one.
The film doesn’t have enough juice for a third film IMO and why I assumed that Vin was just kidding. If he wasn’t, then Universal is going to make the decision for him.
lol at Vin going into business for himself by raising this “rumor” about a third film. Universal looking at his ass like, “Alright, cut it out!”
Lil Mer gonna drop it by over 70%. Foreign market is its lifeline.