The homage to living life “a quarter-mile at a time,” in the words of one Dominic Toretto, is providing a welcome dose of adrenaline to a cinema business that’s been stalled out for months, as audiences slowly creep back to multiplexes and vaccination rates continue to rise.
“F9’s” opening is in line with the $60 million opening of the 2019 Fast and Furious spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw,” which earned $5.8 million in previews and opened to $60 million.
“F9” brings back Vin Diesel as Toretto, as well as fellow crew members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster and Sung Kang.