Starring the late Paul Walker as undercover cop Brian O’Conner and Vin Diesel as a street racing leader named Dominic Toretto, the action film evolved from its street racer roots to a saga of spies and heists, becoming the longest-running racing series, set to conclude with its 12th installment, Fast Forever, on March 17, 2028.
With Diesel reprising his role and Dwayne “The Rock “Johnson, who joined the franchise in 2011 as federal agent Luke Hobbs in the fifth film titled Fast Five, it opened worldwide with the highest-grossing weekend at the time, bringing in $532 million.
The franchise hit peak-level success, overtaking the record previously held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($529 million) and its predecessor, Jurassic World ($316.7 million).
While there was plenty of momentum and interest in the franchise, it also marked the first film after Walker’s tragic death in a car accident in 2013, during a pause from filming Furious 7. The seventh installment had the bigger total box office opening with a worldwide gross of around $1.5 billion, boosted by the emotional impact of his death.
The synopsis for The Fate of the Furious reads, “With Dom and Letty married, Brian and Mia retired and the rest of the crew exonerated, the globe-trotting team has found some semblance of a normal life. They soon face an unexpected challenge when a woman named Cipher forces Dom to betray them all. They must unite to bring home the man who made them a family and stop Cipher from unleashing chaos.”
In terms of how the film ranks compared to the others, Variety put it as number 3 on the list, with Furious 7 taking the top spot.
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