Furious 7 Becomes the Fourth Highest Grossing Film of All Time

The first big surprise of the year has been the monumental success of Furious 7 (read our review here ). We all knew it would make money, but I don't think anyone expected it to make the money it did. It opened at $143 million for its opening weekend (when projected to make around $95-100 million) and in 17 days made $1 billion worldwide (read that article here ). For the past four weeks it has been number one at the box office; the money train for Furious 7 has yet to stop. Even though it will be dethroned this week with the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron , Furious 7 has crept its way up the list of highest grossing films of all time, and has officially taken down Harry Potter and the Death Hallows Part 2 as the fourth highest grossing movie of all time. I am thrilled for this movie. I enjoyed it a lot, especially the very moving Paul Walker tribute at the end. It deserves all the money it's making and I'm happy for it. However, by the end of 2015, Furious