Fast Five Takes Top Spot At Box Office

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker still have some Fast And The Furious magic left in them. The duo, alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson helped Fast Five earn $83.6 million at the box office this past weekend, giving the movie the number one spot by a landslide.

The movie easily beat Fast Furious which took in $71 million over opening weekend two years ago, while it also set an April record for opening day with $33.2 million brought it on Friday alone. The movie also earned $81.4 million overseas bringing it’s total haul worldwide to $165 million in just three days.

Taking second place was Rio which took in another $14.4 million after weeks of wide release.