Fast and Furious reigns in opening weekend

Raking in a total of $72 million in its opening weekend, the fourth film in the street racing tetralogy has silenced critics and has established that there is still life in action flicks. This is by far the best opening weekend collections posted in 2009, beating the the $59 million haul of Monsters Vs Aliens.

A pack of records came down along with that. Pixar's Cars had maintained the best car-movie opening weekend record since 2006. With a $12 million edge over Cars' opening weekend bounty, Fast and Furious will be in the throne from now and if it is able to sustain the excitement among the movie-going crowd, then we could very well be looking at one of the top grossers of 2009.

If you ask me, FF4 will keep the US box office bells ringing till the collections reach $150 million or may be more. As for the rest of the world collections, the fate is yet to be decided. $30 million is in the cash bag from the rest of the world centres. Not too bad for a movie without superstars. The next couple of weeks will be revealing whether the Diesel-Walker vehicle is one meant for a quarter mile drag race or an around the world endurance run.