Furious 7 heading for 225-275M opening at Box Office
‘Furious 7′ Racing Toward A $225M-$275M Global Opening – Box Office
Universal’s Furious 7 is starting its engines at the box office with its international rollout starting tomorrow followed by its domestic blast off with previews on Thursday. When F7 crosses the finish line on Sunday, insiders are estimating that the global bow will range from $225M-$275M. As is typical with these tentpoles that are tracking through the roof, the question is always “How high?” Stateside, F7 will be Universal’s widest release in the studio’s history at an estimated 4,003 theaters.
What is expected is that F7 will blow past the three-day bow of May 2013’s Fast & Furious 6 which made $97.4M at No. 1 during a Memorial Day weekend when it faced off with The Hangover Part III and 20th Century Fox’s Epic. On the low end, F7‘s domestic FSS is eyeing $100M on the low end and up to $115M on the high end. Sources tell us that international tracking is difficult with a lot of noise around a brand that has so much equity, with F7‘s foreign bow ranging from $125M-$160M (more aggressive estimates think F7 could blow its hood off to $180M).
