RottenTomatoes Score: 82% (6.7/10) Box Office: On a huge $190 million budget (not including the insurance write-down that followed Paul Walker's death), Furious 7 has made an insane $1.158 billion to date, making it easily the highest-grossing film of 2015 (until Age of Ultron wreaks havoc next week), and the seventh highest-grossing film in cinema history. What Universal have done with marketing this film is nothing short of spectacular. The Verdict: With a new, inexperienced action director and the obvious challenges faced following Walker's death, Furious 7 could easily have been an absolute mess. That the final product barely shows any signs of Walker's accident, boasts arguably some of the best action in the series and manages to give Walker an emotionally gratifying send-off is no small miracle. Furious 7 serves up everything fans of the series expect, and with its success came the announcement this week that Furious 8 is due for release on April 14, 2017, where they'll probably print another billion dollars.
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