Analysts are split on just how big the Fast and Furious franchise spinoff will be: bulls cite the local popularity of the film's stars — some see an debut well above $100 million — while bears note th
Analysts are split on just how big the Fast and Furious franchise spinoff will be: bulls cite the local popularity of the film's stars — some see an debut well above $100 million — while bears note the much delayed local release date.Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
is finally revving up for a muscular opening in the massive China film market this weekend. But just how big the tentpole's debut weekend will be is a subject of some debate among box office analysts in the country.Furious 7taking in $392 million in 2017. Both totals were all-time box office records at the time, and both films earned more in China than they did in North America .
Universal is again banking on a big showing in China, particularly since Hobbs and Shaw is tracking well behind its core franchise predecessors on a worldwide basis. The David Leitch-directed spinoff has earned $$137 million in North America for a running worldwide total of $ $442 million — and that's against a hefty $200 million production budget and no new major markets left after China.
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