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'F9: The Fast Saga' smashes pandemic-era opening record in North America
Updated On: 28 June, 2021 09:43 AM IST | Los Angeles | ANI
`F9: The Fast Saga` holds an approval rating of 59 per cent based on 221 reviews to date on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore from audiences.
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Left to right: Charlize Theron, Tyrese Gibson, Chris `Ludacris` Bridges, Anna Sawai, Vin Diesel, Justin Lin, Shad "Bow Wow" Moss and Sung Kang at the world premiere of `F9: The Fast Saga` at the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood. Pic/AFP
Universal`s action film `F9: The Fast Saga` dominated the North American box office with a huge 70 million U.S. dollars opening from 4,179 theatres, smashing pandemic-era weekend box office record in the region. According to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore, it`s the biggest opening for a film in North America since `Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker`, which released in December 2019 with a 177 million dollars opening weekend.
The previous record-holder during the Covid-19 pandemic was Paramount`s horror film `A Quiet Place Part II`, which opened last month with a 3-day total of 48.3 million dollars from 3,726 North American theatres. Helmed by Chinese American director Justin Lin, the latest in Vin Diesel`s on-going "Fast & Furious" franchise, his ode to fast cars and faster action, is based on a script co-written by Lin and Daniel Casey, and features an all-star line of Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, and others.
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