FAST & FURIOUS Races to the Top of the Box Office

Fast & Furious easily outraced its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a stunning $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the lead roles proved to be quite lucrative, as the fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than any of its three predecessors.

Also doing pretty well was DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens, which took home another $33.5 million for a domestic total of $105.7 million after only two weeks in release.

At No. 3, The Haunting in Connecticut pulled in $9.5 million, reaching a total gross of $37.2 million. [...]

Oscar 2008: Viggo Mortensen, Ruby Dee, Tony Gilroy

Viggo Mortensen and niece

Ruby Dee; James McAvoy, Dwayne Johnson (in the background)

Robert Osborne, Tony Gilroy
Photos: Richard Harbaugh (Gilroy, Dee), Greg Harbaugh (Mortensen). All photos: © A.M.P.A.S.

Oscar 2008: Harrison Ford, George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson

George Clooney, Joel Coen

Harrison Ford, Scott Rudin

Dwayne Johnson – "The Rock"
Photos: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.
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