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"2 Fast 2 Furious" Races in First
Even without Diesel power 2 Fast 2 Furious is off to a roaring start.
The street-racing sequel revved up $50.5 million over the weekend, dragging last week's winner, Finding Nemo, back to second place--but not that far back: The animated fishy tale earned $46.6 million.
Despite the absence of Vin Diesel, who had top billing on The Fast and The Furious, the PG-13 rated Universal follow-up, which this time teams Paul Walker with Tyrese Gibson and other pretty people, managed to gross more than the 2001 original, which debuted with $40 million. However, the new hot rod, hot bod tale was wheeled into more theaters--3,408 sites compared to 2,628--and there was little difference in the per-screen average--$14,810 this time, compared to $15,255 last time.
Over the weekend, more than one-third of all ticket buyers chose to watch the screeching-tire action. They were young and ethnically mixed. The studio estimated that 75 percent were under 25, 55 percent male, 45 percent female. It also tallied 38 percent as Hispanic and 16 percent as black and, despite its $80 million budget, is a lock to make money for the studio.
"It's a great, multicultural, exciting little piece of entertainment. Just what teenagers are looking for," Nikki Rocco, Universal's distribution chief, told the Associated Press, noting that "the cars are the stars."
The fish are the stars of Finding Nemo, and the flow was still with them. The G-rated Disney-Pixar 'toon about a funny finny and his anxious dad, only dropped off 34 percent from its record-breaking opening. Adding 17 screens it attracted about 30 percent of the weekend audience to 3,391 sites, averaging a buoyant $13,739 per screen. It has now grossed $144 million and is expected to continue to attract blockbuster Monster, Inc.-style crowds as school breaks for the summer.
In third place human star Jim Carrey's Bruce Almighty dropped 40 percent from the previous weekend, despite adding 57 screens. But the wannabe God comedy still averaged a solid $6,300 average to gross $22.4 million, raising its overall three-week gross to a fairly mighty $171.4 million.
The robbery caper The Italian Job, costarring a fleet of souped-up Mini Coopers, dropped one slot to fourth place in its second weekend of release, despite moving into 244 more theaters. Its $4,575 average at 2,877 sites was good for $13.2 million, bringing its current gross to $40 million.
Overall, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations, the top 12 movies earned $157 million from Friday to Sunday. That was a drop of 7 percent from last weekend, when Finding Nemo made waves with its $70.3 million debut. However, it was 52 percent better than this time last year, when The Sum of All Fears and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood were only doing so-so business.
Here is a rundown of the top 10 as compiled by Exhibitor Relations from final studio figures Monday:
1. 2 Fast 2 Furious, $50.5 million
2. Finding Nemo, $46.6 million
3. Bruce Almighty, $22.4 million
4. The Italian Job, $13.2 million
5. The Matrix Reloaded, $9.2 million
6. Daddy Day Care, $4.6 million
7. X2: X-Men United, $3 million
8. Wrong Turn, $2.7 million
9. The In-Laws, $2 million
10. Bend It Like Beckham, $942,000
(Originally published June 8, 2003 at 1:40 p.m. PT.)
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