“Furious 7” Races to theTop of the North American Box Office with $143.6M
LOS ANGELES, April 5 (UPI) — The auto-themed, action-adventure flick “Furious 7” topped the North American box office this weekend, earning a staggering $143.6 million, Rentrak announced Sunday.
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The movie features Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris and the series’ late co-star Paul Walker, who died in an off-set car crash in 2013 after shooting most of his scenes.
Coming in at No. 2 in the United States and Canada for the weekend of April 3-5 is “Home” with $27.4 million, followed by “Get Hard” at No. 3 with $12.9 million, “Cinderella” at No. 4 with $10.3 million and Insurgent at No. 5 with $10 million.
Rounding out the top tier are “It Follows” at No. 6 with $2.5 million, “Woman in Gold” at No. 7 with $2 million, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” at No. 8 with $1.7 million, “Do You Believe?” at No. 9 with $1.5 million and “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” at No. 10 with $1 million.
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