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‘Fast & Furious’ races to the top of the movie box office
“Fast & Furious”, the fourth installment of the hot rod franchise, scored the highest April debut of all-time with $72.5 million this weekend, according to studio estimates from Nielsen EDI.
The film re-unites the core of the cast from the original “Fast & Furious” including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez, features souped-up Toyotas and other cars battling for supremacy on the streets of Los Angeles. The previous record-holder for an April debut was the Adam Sandler comedy “Anger Management”, which made $42 million in 2003.
The 3-D animated comedy “Monsters vs. Aliens” fought for a distant second place with $33.5 million, bringing the children’s film to $106 million in 10 days.
The horror film “The Haunting in Connecticut” was third with $9.55 million, while Nicolas Cage’s thriller “Knowing” was fourth brings its three-week grosses to $58.2 million. Rounding out the top five was the Paul Rudd comedy “I Love You, Man” with $7.85 million. It has earned $49.3 million in three weeks.
Final figures are due today.
Box Office Grosses | |||
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Total Gross |
| 1 | Fast & Furious (2009) | $72.5M | $72.5M |
| 2 | Monsters vs Aliens (2009) | $33.5M | $106M |
| 3 | The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | $9.55M | $37.2M |
| 4 | Knowing (2009) | $8.13M | $58.2M |
| 5 | I Love You, Man (2009) | $7.85M | $49.3M |
| 6 | Adventureland (2009) | $6.01M | $6.01M |
| 7 | Duplicity (2009) | $4.3M | $32.4M |
| 8 | Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | $3.35M | $58.4M |
| 9 | 12 Rounds (2009) | $2.3M | $9.02M |
| 10 | Sunshine Cleaning (2008) | $1.88M | $4.77M |
