Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw Box Office Collection Hits $180 Million in Opening Weekend

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw had a solid opening weekend. Meanwhile, The Lion King box office collections saw $110.2 million added.

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 5 August 2019 14:04 IST

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw Box Office Collection Hits $180 Million in Opening Weekend

Photo Credit: Daniel Smith/Universal Pictures

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw stars Dwayne Johnson (left) and Jason Statham (right)

Highlights

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw released August 2 in India
Opening weekend much smaller compared to past films in the franchise
Yet to open in several big markets, including China

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw ruled the worldwide box office this weekend with an estimated haul of $180.8 million (about Rs. 1,273 crores), the third largest opening in the franchise, though it's a fair way off the first two — Furious 7 ($397.7 million) and Fast and Furious 8 ($541.9 million) — which are also its direct predecessors. That's partly because none of the old crew make an appearance in Hobbs and Shaw, which focuses on the title characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, respectively. Moreover, Fast and Furious 8 had the advantage of releasing in China — a big market for the franchise — on the opening weekend, which helped it have the third biggest opening of all time behind Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

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Of its $180.8 million total, Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw brought in an estimated $60.8 million (about Rs. 428 crores) from its home market of the US, with the remaining estimated $120 million (about Rs. 845 crores) coming in from 63 other countries and territories. The biggest of those 63 markets of Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw were Russia ($8.1 million), the UK ($7.8 million), Indonesia ($7.69 million), India ($7.4 million), Mexico ($6.96 million), Japan ($6.58 million), Taiwan ($6.2 million), Germany ($5.45 million), Australia ($4.89 million), Malaysia ($4.67 million) and Brazil ($3.9 million). Hobbs and Shaw releases this week in Belgium, France, and Italy, followed by South Korea (August 15), and China (August 23).

The $7.4 million (about Rs. 52 crores) opening weekend for Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw in India is also the third largest opening for the franchise in the country, behind Furious 7 ($8.3 million) and Fast and Furious 8 ($11 million). But while that might be similar to global trends, Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw shows the rising strength of Fast and Furious in India, considering that its opening weekend is already bigger than the total gross of first five entries, including Fast Five ($4.7 million).

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Elsewhere at the worldwide box office, The Lion King added an additional $110.2 million (about Rs. 775 crores), taking its global total to $1.195 billion (about Rs. 8,414 crores). In India, the Jon Favreau-directed remake added Rs. 14.15 crores (about $2 million) over the weekend to take its total gross to Rs 165.72 crores (about $23.5 million), per numbers provided by Disney India. The Lion King has yet to open in Japan (August 9) and Italy (August 21).

Meanwhile, Disney's other recent release Toy Story 4 continued its pursuit of a billion dollars by earning $17.35 million (about Rs. 122 crores) globally over the weekend. It now stands at $959 million (about Rs. 6,751 crores).

And lastly, Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Far From Home brought in $17.25 million (about Rs. 121 crores) at the worldwide box office, pushing its total to $1.08 billion (about Rs. 7,602 crores).

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