Fast and Furious 7: The fastest film to reach $1 billion worldwide
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For three weeks running, Fast & Furious 7 has dominated the American box office. As of Sunday, 17 days after release, it became the fastest film in history to make $1 billion at the global box office – other Hollywood heavy-weights Avatar, The Avengers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, all reached the billion dollar milestone after 19 days.
The hit sequel, which features the last on-screen appearance of Paul Walker, also broke a global record by becoming the fastest film to ever make $1bn at the box office. By the end of Sunday, it had made $1.153bn, which now makes it the seventh biggest film of all time.
Furthermore, ticket sales have made the film’s income larger than the GDP of 16 countries, including Gambia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada, according to the International Monetary Fund.
While the film met with mixed critical reception, fans have flocked in their millions to watch the film franchise say goodbye to Paul Walker, its star, who died in Los Angeles last year in a car accident.
A song from the Furious 7 soundtrack – Wiz Khalifa’s See You Again, featuring Charlie Puth – has also been breaking records.
It got more Spotify streams in 24 hours than any other track in the US, and also topped the UK singles chart on Sunday as the fastest-selling single of 2015 so far.
In second place was the Kevin James comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 which made a decent $24m. It’s impressive when you look at the film’s 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating but less so when you look at the opening for the first film, which was a stellar $31.8m.
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