Fast Five Killing It

First off, Fast and the Furious movies are my shit. Don't care what the haters say. They are ridiculous and hilarious and stupid and awesome. Ludacris is in them. Go fuck yourselves. And apparently the newest edition "Fast Five" killed it last night at its midnight opening.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Universal’s Fast Five grossed $3.7 million in Thursday midnight runs at the domestic box office, the best ever for a Universal title and the biggest for the action franchise. It's expected to deliver the year's biggest opening.

Overseas, the action pic grossed $7.6 million on Thursday as it moved into five more territories, bringing its foreign cume to $43.7 million and worldwide total to $47.4 million.
In the U.S., there were midnight shows of Fast Five in 1,104 locations. Today, the pic moves into a total of 3,643 locations.

Fast Five’s $3.7 million midnight total was nearly double the $1.8 million earned by Fast & Furious, the last title in the franchise.

Overseas—where Fast Five began rolling out last weekend--the pic remains No. 1 in every territory it’s playing in, including Germany, Russia and the U.K., where it’s going head-to-head with Paramount and Marvel Studios’ Thor in several markets.

Fast Five was well ahead of Thor in Germany, opening to $2.2 million on Thursday to command 40% of the market and score the best opening day of the year. Thor grossed $1.2 million in its opening day in Germany. In Russia, Fast Five opened to $2.4 million; Thor, $1 million.

Here is the review from IGN.

So the reviews say exactly what makes this series great. The actors are so-so, but the action is redonkulous and the cars are sick. Add in some gunplay and I'm in heaven.

Have a good weekend people, it's time to start drinking.