After shooting out of the blocks with the biggest worldwide opening of all time, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Saturday, becoming the second film of 2017 to do so after Beauty and the Beast, and the thirtieth film in history to hit the milestone.
The Fate of the Furious has grossed $1.060 billion so far, making it the second highest-grossing instalment of the franchise after 2015’s Furious 7, which grossed $1.516 billion. In the coming weeks it will likely overtake Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (currently on $1.143 billion) to become the biggest earner of the year so far.
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Universal has already set Fast & Furious 9 for release on April 19th 2019, followed by Fast & Furious 10 on April 2nd 2021, while it has been reported that Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will also headline their own spinoff film.
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