The Fast & Furious franchise has yet again delivered a #1 opener with the franchise spin-off Hobbs & Shaw taking the top spot at this weekend’s box office.
Overall the weekend showed improvement over the same weekend last year for the third straight week in a row and on top of Hobbs & Shaw, continued strong performances from The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the platform release of A24’s The Farewell helped what has been a bit of a late summer surge at the domestic box office.
Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw debuted in 4,253 theaters this weekend (the second widest release in the Fast & Furious franchise) with an estimated $60.8 million, which is right in line with the studio’s pre-weekend expectations.
The $200 million production also received an “A-” CinemaScore from opening day audiences and currently holds a strong, 90% audience score on RottenTomatoes.
Of that audience, 58% were male, which lines up with
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