MUMBAI: Universal Pictures India release Fast & Furious 7, has created history at the Indian box office and has broken all time records.
Being the seventh installment of the franchise and Paul Walker's last silver screen appearance, Fast & Furious 7 took an extraordinary opening, thus grossing the highest opening weekend collection for a Hollywood movie in India with Rs 70 crores. The movie was released in 2600 screens across the country.
The movie, which has been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu opened to positive reactions from the audiences.
Universal Pictures India general manager Sarabjit Singh said, "Fast and Furious is undoubtedly one of the world's biggest franchises. We expected huge numbers to come from India in the first weekend itself. This is a huge achievement for a Hollywood movie in India. Hopefully, the will continue to go strong and attract more audiences to the theatres in the coming weeks.”