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The end is near, says Vin Diesel. But he promises it will indeed be a grand finale. The Fast and the Furious star and producer posted to Instagram today and updated fans on the next franchise installment, known as Fast Xi. The film likely marks the end of the long-running series, at least for…

Indonesia's cinema admissions grew by 14.5% year-on-year to reach 114.5 million in 2023, compared to 100 million the previous year, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office. That figure puts the market around 24% below the pre-pandemic figure of 152 million admissions in 2019.  Despite…

Universal Pictures announced this morning that Fast X, the tenth main installment in its long-running action saga Fast & Furious, will head to Peacock September 15th following a theatrical run that kicked off in May. Coming to the platform the same day are three other installments: Fast and Furious…

UPDATE: Busy weekend at the international box office with a strong scary new entry, some unexpected spark in holds and a milestone for a long-running franchise. Out of the gate this frame, Sony/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse's Insidious: The Red Door knocked out the biggest overseas horror debut…

Warner Bros/DC's The Flash sped into 78 overseas markets this weekend, grossing $75M, below the $85M-$95M we saw coming into the frame. With domestic's slow-crawl three-day included, that makes for a $139M global opening. This is lower than projections, with general audiences not rushing out to see the…

SUNDAY UPDATE: In 68 overseas markets, Paramount/Skydance/Hasbro's Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has pounced on a $110M opening weekend. Combined with domestic, that gives the Autobots and Maximals a global debut of $170.5M, coming in ahead of projections. The Steven Caple Jr-directed franchise reboot…

UPDATE: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has swung to a $208.6M global opening. This is extra remarkable as it marks Sony's biggest animated launch of all time. The international box office debut was $88.1M, ahead of early projections and 2.8x Spider-Man…

UPDATE: Apart from big new opener The Little Mermaid, which we detailed here, this weekend was notable for propelling Universal's Fast X past the $500M mark globally, and Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to over $730M worldwide. The Fast & Furious franchise had, earlier this week, crosse…

Universal's Fast & Furious franchise has reached a new milestone, spinning past $7B at the global box office. Getting there, it becomes the fifth series of films to pass the mark, doing so with 11 titles. It's currently the No. 5 franchise of all time, and is tied with Warner Bros' Wizarding World for the…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Universal's Fast X has gotten off the starting blocks with an estimated $319M global opening. While that's just a skosh lower than where we had it yesterday (see below), this is still the 2nd best worldwide debut of the year, behind only The Super Mario Bros. Movie (which itself…

EARLY SUNDAY AM writethru after Saturday and Friday updates: The Louis Leterrier-directed Fast X on Friday came in at $28 million, with Saturday easing by 21% to $22.2M for what has always been an expected $67 million start for the tenthquel. That is just $3M shy of F9‘s $70M — not too bad. The…

Not too many film franchises stick around for more than two decades, but the insanely wild motorized antics of Fast X roar ahead without a thought of applying the brakes. With its seemingly inexhaustible supply of madly amusing action, this high-octane extravaganza attempts, and not infrequently…