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When April rolled around, it was time for the studio to kick it into an unimaginable gear. Furious 7 debuted on April 3rd, and as it did it rewrote the rules for what people believed to be possible for the franchise. It opened $50 million higher than the previous film in the series, Fast & Furious 6, as it came in with $147.2 million in its first three days. It also had an almost ridiculous overseas opening of $250.5 million. Eventually, it went on to tally $353 million from domestic venues, and a gaudy $1.51 billion worldwide. It is currently the sixth biggest all-time worldwide earner - and is only in that position because Jurassic World and Star Wars would pass it later in the year. Furious 7 is a rare example of a multi-demographic film, appealing to men, women, and minorities. Yes, the film’s success can partially be attributed to Paul Walker’s death, but ultimately, the studio presented a well-received, entertaining movie that pulled all the right levers. They could have rested on their laurels for the rest of 2015 and still called it a great year. You probably remember Pitch Perfect as one of those “little movies that could.” It debuted with $5.1 million in 2012 before going on to leg it out to $65 million in domestic earnings. From that point, it became a hugely popular home video selection, which paved the way for Universal’s next big thing in 2015. During the weekend of May 15th, it debuted to $69.2 million, $4 million more than the original film made during its entire domestic run. Considering the tiny $29 million budget, the film didn’t really even have to do anything else before exiting theaters, but it still came in with $184.3 million domestically and $287.1 million worldwide.
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