Variety Estimating Fate Of The Furious to break Star Wars BO Record With $534 Million
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I AM WARHOL
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Man who the fukk is checking for these garbage ass movies 
EveryoneMan who the fukk is checking for these garbage ass movies
The shyt was dope fate of the furious was wild...Man who the fukk is checking for these garbage ass movies
I've thought about this before because even as someone who's loved them since the first film,the franchise success really is insane.
But I think it comes down to a lot of things.
One,the first film was a cult classic especially with young people. The film single handedly created and pushed a bigger car culture back then..everybody wanted a suped up car.
Not only the movie was just quotable. Everybody could recite it line for line.
The 2nd one cashed in the first success and brought in new Characters but it didn't hit with people the same way.
The third was basically a reboot and the franchise well on its way to being straight to dvd status.
But then Vin and Paul had a string of misses and came back. People came back to the series for the fourth for the nostalgia even if it was a weak film.
And then a weird thing happened.
The 5th came put, they added rock,and the flat out made one of the best action films in the last couple decades.
Not only was the action great,but they respected their audience. The audience that grew up with the franchise and stuck with it through the lows. Instead of being ashamed of past movies,they made them more integral. They brought back characters left and right. They wrote in sub plots to connect the film's even deeper. Yes it's all silly but it respected the universe it built.
One of the best things about the franchise is them constantly mixing characters events of past films.
So you had great action,mixed with likeable characters and writing that respected the audiences Fandom and rewarded it.
On top of that,these films fly against the nature of the overly cgi green screen action films now. These don't have tacked on 3d, and they do real stunts with real cars.
The cherry on top is the diversity and the celebration of the world by having so many different races and religions represented. What other franchise can appeal to so many bases? They filmed this one in Cuba in parts. They film all over the world. Show different cultures instead of the same white male tropes. The cast is diverse as it gets.
It delivers everything it tells you its going to while celebrating diversity.
You summed it up perfectly. The 5th film was the one that made it the titan of a franchise it is today. If it wasn't for that, it would be on some early 2000s history meme
Yeah, outside of comic book films, a lot of whitewashed movies flop hard in the age of social media. Kinda wonder why these execs in Hollywood don't learn and make FILMS MORE DIVERSE AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE.
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Fast Five took the franchise from a niche genre (car chase/heist movie) to a bonafide summer blockbuster. For as much as people like to shyt on Chris Morgan (writer since Tokyo Drift), him and Justin Lin knew exactly what the franchise needed with being able to bring back the OG cast, then moving the entire series into a different direction.
Side-note: that Asian box office is only going to get bigger when they bring Han, Johnny Tran and DK back.
Side-note: that Asian box office is only going to get bigger when they bring Han, Johnny Tran and DK back.
Phillyrider807
My Soundtrack is the second “Carter”
5/6/7 was already supposed the be the last "Trilogy" So they already went back on they word
No one would care if they make more then 10.
There's nothing desperate about making 500 million opening weekend.
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
Cuz you need the right circumstances to fall into place. Fast and the furious was just by happenstance and although the ensemble are integral the real selling point is the action and cars. And let's be reality the 2 "stars" could easily pass as Terry savalas type caucasians so when ppl say black excellence I kind of chuckle. Tyrese is useless and luda could be replaced and no one would care.Yeah, outside of comic book films, a lot of whitewashed movies flop hard in the age of social media. Kinda wonder why these execs in Hollywood don't learn and make FILMS MORE DIVERSE AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE.
F Gary tho
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Heard there was more Rock in this one. Thank god. I think thats why 7 was kinda lack luster.
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
during the pre release junkets in 2015 diesel stated 7 was the end of the new trilogy but that he had an idea for 3 more and that 10 would be the last.
Ps didn't they say that 8,9 and 10 would be a departure in style/tone from 5,6,7? It seems like a continuation to me
It will go down as the highest grossing film directed by a black man in Hollywood history
Until Black Panther CRUSHES the buildings
Man who the fukk is checking for these garbage ass movies
Whole world apparently
this and the diverse cast is the only reasons why im not hatingIt will go down as the highest grossing film directed by a black man in Hollywood history
