This Article is From Apr 20, 2015

Unstoppable Furious 7 Powers Past $1 Billion Mark

Unstoppable Furious 7 Powers Past $1 Billion Mark

A still from Furious 7.

Los Angeles: Furious 7 surged ahead of its North American box office competition for a third straight week, taking in an estimated US$29 million to hit the US$1 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

The strong weekend showing gives the car racing action flick a US$294 million haul in the US and Canada since its release and giving the movie certifiable blockbuster status. (Also Read: Furious 7 Storms Indian Box Office, Enters Rs 100 Crore Club)

The franchise of all seven Fast and Furious films has brought in a record-breaking US$3.39 billion, NBCUniversal said.

Slapstick comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is in the second spot with US$24 million in estimated sales, and stars Kevin James as the hapless, scooter-driving security guard.

Another newcomer, Unfriended, took third on the charts with US$16 million in sales, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said. The social media horror flick starring Heather Sossaman finds a chat room of friends haunted by an online account of a dead friend.

Animated children's film Home, about an unpopular space alien forced to flee his own kind, earned the fourth spot on the chart with US$10.3 million in estimated sales. The film, featuring the voices of celebrities Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez, has brought in US$142.6 million overall.

In its second week, romance novel adaptation The Longest Ride, brought in $6.85 million for the fifth spot following its third place debut. The movie stars Scott Eastwood, the son of actor-director Clint Eastwood.

The Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart buddy comedy Get Hard, about a prison-bound investment banker and car washer, took in US$4.8 million for the sixth spot on the chart.

New nature documentary Monkey Kingdom, narrated by actress Tina Fey, made its debut in the seventh box office spot with US$4.7 million in sales. The film follows a newborn and mother toque macaque in the wilds of Sri Lanka.

In eighth place with US$4.6 million was Woman in Gold, the true story of an elderly Holocaust survivor trying to get back her Nazi-looted artwork from Austria.

Action-packed Insurgent, the second film based on Veronica Roth's bestselling Divergent book series, came in ninth place, adding US$4.1 million for US$120.6 million after five weeks on the charts.

The live-action reboot of Cinderella took 10th place, with US$3.9 million in estimated ticket sales. The Disney film has been on the charts for six weeks, bringing in a total of US$186.3 million.
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