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These Charts Show How Furious 7 Made Box Office History

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Universal Pictures’ efforts to release Furious 7 after the tragic death of franchise star Paul Walker in 2013 are being rewarded at the box office.

The James Wan-directed film, which premiered on Friday, racked up $143.6 million at the U.S. box office during its opening weekend, making it one of the 10 biggest U.S. opening weekends of all time. Impressively, Furious 7 is the only film in this top 10 that isn’t based off a comic book, young-adult novel or toy:

 

Furious 7 also marks Universal Pictures’ biggest U.S. opening weekend to date. In 2013, the studio temporarily halted the film’s production after cast member Paul Walker was killed in a high-speed car crash. As a result, the film was delayed from its original July 2014 release, heightening the anticipation surrounding the massive opening on 10,005 screens worldwide.

 

Least surprisingly of all, Furious 7 is the biggest U.S. opening weekend of any of the Fast & Furious films. That’s not something all film series can take for granted, though: Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent, pulled in less than its predecessor when it debuted last month, worrying filmmakers if the series had already peaked.

 

Read next: Every Fast & Furious Movie, Ranked From Best to Worst

See Photos of Fast and Furious Drag Racers from the 1950s

Drag Racing, 1957
Starter flagging dragsters to start at Eagle Mt. Fort Worth, Texas 1957. A. Y. Owen—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's National opening drag race held at the Orange County Airport.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
Girl drag racer with crowd of dragsters at Eagle Mt.A. Y. Owen—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
Crowd of dragsters watching drag racing at Eagle Mt., Fort Worth, Texas, 1957.A. Y. Owen—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Drag Racing, 1957
National Hot Rod Association's Drag Racing Meet Held in Santa Ana, Calif.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

 

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