“F9,” the latest installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, is already revving up for a box office takeover — though a notably less spectacular one than other franchise films in years past.Its release appears not to have been marred by what Universal Pictures called a security “threat” earlier this week that forced the studio to abruptly cancel a major promotional event in Shanghai.“F9” racked up more than $32.6 million (RMB210 million) in pre-sale tickets, making it the most hotly anticipated Hollywood tentpole of the year so far.
It broke the RMB100 million ($15.5 million) pre-sale mark at 6:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, and the RMB200 million ($31 million) mark at 10:30 p.m.
on Thursday, according to movie ticketing service Maoyan.The platform is already estimating that the film will gross $52.2 million (RMB336 million) on opening day, $162 million (RMB1.04 billion) over its three-day opening weekend and $337 million (RMB2.17 billion) over the full course of its run.
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