In theaters from May 17, Louis Leterrier’s Fast & Furious X is the first part of the grand finale of the franchise started by Rob Cohen in 2001.
In this feature film, Dom (Vin Diesel) and his family will have to face off against Dante Reyes, played by Jason Momoa. The latter is none other than the son of HernĂ¡n Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), a mobster whose account was brought down by Dom and Brian (Paul Walker) in Fast Five. But he had a son. 12 years after his father’s death, Dante returns for revenge, determined to take from Dom what is most precious to him: his family.
Announced with a budget of $200 million, the tenth installment of the motorized adventures of Dom Toretto and his family ended up costing a modest $340 million. Last November, the site transfer Indeed, it revealed that the budget for the latest saga opus flew by.
Q: Inflation, salary increases for many of the franchise’s stars, special effects and filming locations, as well as rising production costs related to health demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The budget was almost paid off in the first weekend of the film’s theatrical release. Fast & Furious X actually made nearly $320 million at the international box office.
Is Fast & Furious 10 the most expensive movie in the saga?
The film thus becomes the most expensive franchise ahead of Fast & Furious 8 and its $250 million budget ($1.2 billion worldwide), Fast & Furious 9 and spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, which tied for a $200 million budget. Or even Furious 7 and its 190 million budget for a 1.5 billion gross (making it the highest grossing film in the saga).
In comparison, the first opus, released in 2001, had a budget of 38 million GEL, and its direct sequel without Vin Diesel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, cost twice as much: $76 million. The budget for Tokyo Drift and the fourth episode was $85 million.
The budget has grown steadily over the years. It makes sense when you see the box office results of movies.
Still, if the budget of Fast & Furious X is fabulous, the feature film is not the most expensive in history. According to the magazine ForbesSIt will be Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a total budget (including marketing costs) of $533.2 million.
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