Is Fast X A Hit? It's Complicated - Charts with Dan!

[@djmattador9019]

I don’t have breakeven. I got family

[@scotteddie4585]

Underrated comment

[@rykeman916]

Get this man a Corona

[@SwatBeatsOfficial]

Never heard that one before 👏

[@thesecondmonolith9422]

So all 5 original Guardians of the Galaxy actors have had movies with #1 domestic box office weekends in 2023 (ALONG with GotG Vol3!): Mario, Avatar 2, Knock at the Cabin, D&D, and Fast X!

[@benjaminelliott6361]

Maybe there is less chatter because few people know it cost so much. Based on the trailers, you'd have thought it cost $50 million, mostly for the actors. With Avatar, people knew it was expensive.

[@DoctorCyan]

I definitely think you can see where most of that $340 million budget is going, but I also can't help but wonder what *impossible sacrifice to the artistic vision* would've been made at a more reasonable $200 million

[@Ravenblade460]

Dan was talking about all the trade websites like Dateline, not the average person. Dateline and the like know exactly how much Fast X cost, and went with a different narrative spin for this movie.

[@LinkMarioSamus]

Probably because there’s no narrative about The Fast and the Furious being forgotten like Avatar.

[@Javamonk]

It was a huge missed opportunity to not call the movie “Fast Ten Your Seatbelts”

[@Ebon_Sean]

Alternatively, Fast X Furious ("Fast Ten Furious", which said fast sounds like "Fast and Furious")

[@IrvingTransplant]

I approve of both of these options

[@matthewk4912]

@@IrvingTransplant Imagine if Fast 12 was called Fast XXX because it's the third in the trilogy and a nod to Vin Diesel's role as XXX, Xander Cage.

[@Ebon_Sean]

@Matthew K negative. Everyone knows Fast 12 will come out in December and be called "The 12 Days of Fastmas: A Cartrage in a Family Tree".

[@firebrand9935]

I'm calling it now: the 11 in Fast 11 logo will be styled like tire skid marks

[@musicmashups]

One thing that may have brought the Faxt X budget up so much-though I'm still doubtful that it's actually $340 Million because that just seems way too high-is the fact that Justin Lin left in the middle of production. I remember a report said that the film was hemoraging millions of dollars a day while Universal looked for a replacement because production was not shut down. They also probably had to pay both directors their salaries.

[@thomasmuandersontheneousul4184]

Its a bit more complex - and ugly I try not to shill my own vids and respect this is Dan's channel. I disagree a lot but commented nicely on a differing of box office guesses. Apparently some people are confused. I will do a vid soon - this is very similar to Solo. Whether it is an epic a failure as Solo - we shall see lolol

[@awittypseudonym2520]

Can't wait for the sequels 2X Fast, and the Fast and the Furious: XXX

[@Iosaiv]

I love the chaos of the Fast and Furious saga’s names.

[@bbrev106]

DREXEL!!!!!! 😭😭 I'm from Columbus and would drive across town to watch all of the indie and art house films that were impossible to find. I absolutely could not be a filmie without that theater. Thanks for the shoutout!

[@RabbiJoeInJerusalem]

I feel old when I hear about a movie's budget being kept to a modest quarter-billion. I remember when we used to marvel that a movie could cost $200 million.

[@pattheplanter]

And that is without paying the writers and effects artists enough to live on.

[@AllInTheGame01]

Quantumania ($214.4m) finally managed to crawl its way into the Domestic Top 200 all-time list due to double bills with GotG 3. No way Disney/Marvel Studios wasn't expecting at least $300m domestically & $750m worldwide for Kang's first movie appearance! Fast X will struggle to crack Hobbs & Shaw's $174m domestic number - all about its international number! 12:13; PotC: On Stranger Tides with a $379m production budget back in 2011 was insane!

[@gmjjjones]

While Dan's work reflects important economic trends, my favorite thing is how it sheds light on our cultural state by showing how strongly different art resonates in society

[@bodrulm1]

say what

[@garrettcarter5622]

Universal: Vin, can we make Fast X into a three-parter intead of a two-parter? *One Week later* Universal: Nevermind, we're cool with only one more.

[@pattheplanter]

Universal: We actually thought three more. All 1 minute shorts released as adverts for beer.

[@J.AlexanderTX]

I need my charts with dan. It’s an addiction

[@DoctorCyan]

I'm jonesing for some charts, man!

[@jokersson21]

Facts. I always wondered how sports fan talk numbers with games and players. Now I understand it, albeit vastly different. This is my sports talk now lmao

[@vampirefrompluto9788]

"It's complicated" seems to be a running theme this year 🤣

[@SathishKumar-sk8fe]

Well that's what happens when they release new blockbuster every week.

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

@@SathishKumar-sk8fe June is going to be a wild month for the movie box office with either mixed bags, flops, or huge hits. If some were in July at least it wouldn’t be a hectic as it’s about to be.

[@SathishKumar-sk8fe]

@@emanuelrodriguez9044 July 21 is going to be one of historic day in Hollywood. Both Oppenheimer and Barbie releasing in same day. Both movies have huge hype surrounding around them.

[@me45116]

The international poster of Guardians of the Galaxy is so cool! Every week there is an international poster in the charts that is much better than the American one

[@hostile_prof]

Mario to Vin Diesel: “Almost had me? You never had me, you never had your movie!”

[@willgriffin5647]

I genuinely do love you and your work, but as someone who literally grew up with F&F (10 when the first one came out) I REALLY want to have 2 more movies. I've seen almost all of them in theaters and have fond memories of it. I used to watch them with my best friend until he passed in 2013 so it will definitely hit me in the feels when they end the series. My bud and I were as close as Dom and Brian. I do respect your opinion, but I really hope we do go to Fast XII.

[@Arahnk]

Excellent work as usual! I am predicting a $135M day opening for little mermaid and $150 million opening for the four-day weekend

[@seanleon2766]

I feel like Fast X is going to make a lower amount of money compared to Fast 9 because of both The Little Mermaid this week and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse next week. They are going to drag down its box office grossings.

[@bonjovi7399]

And they're gradually getting worse and people are slowly giving up on the franchise

[@EazyRocko]

It's need to flop so it can end the franchise died at 7 when Paul Walker died after that the quality just keeps going down Fast X is mid as hell but better than 9 and that's not saying much because that one was straight asscheeks

[@randomguy6695]

I kinda want this one to underperform so they don’t make this a three part story. This movie has no business being split into three parts. Two sure, but it really needs to end at 11.

[@seanleon2766]

@@randomguy6695 It's definitely going to underperform and make less money than Fast 9 because the movie is sandwiched between two big movies, released by Disney and Sony.

[@seanleon2766]

@@bonjovi7399 It's still doing better internationally but in the US, the excitement for this franchise has died down greatly.

[@jarvisreddick6325]

Didn't the budget balloon because they had to pay the actors to sit around while they searched for a new director

[@OurShakespeare]

Dungeons and Dragons question: do the Amazon Prime preview screenings they did a couple weeks before opening factor into the published grosses for D&D, or is that income undisclosed?

[@SathishKumar-sk8fe]

It was included in Thursday previews box office.

[@sebbyskywalker]

the fact that Fast X now sits in the Top 10 Most EXPENSIVE Movies Ever Made shouldn’t surprise me but it does considering how the first movie back in 2001 cost a measly $38 million, how far we’ve come

[@jordancollins444]

AHHHH! The DREXEL! Dan you finally covered a theater in Ohio! This is so cool! Ive went to the Drexel a fee times for their Oscar Party :) ill be sure to tell them “Dan Sent me”

[@quest9133]

The reason people were primed for Avatar 2’s budget was because of James Cameron saying it needed to be in the top 3 movies of all time to break even. That caused confusion because people thought it needed to make $2 billion to break even. If it wasn’t for Jim, I don’t think there would have been that obsession with the film recouping its budget.

[@t.c.soares2254]

So excited to see how Dan's Summer Box Office choices turn out! 😊

[@A-ro-2803]

Loved the addition of the totals for the look back at the older weekends. Puts the old release style into better context.

[@user-ct8my8rv9c]

340 million for Fast X budget is unbelievable. They must be money laundering.

[@petergrossi6605]

Disney is doing that

[@remliqa]

@@petergrossi6605 This franchise isn't Disney's, though.

[@petergrossi6605]

@@remliqa I know that.

[@SuperSteve120]

Hey, Dan! I'd love to see a number on the top 10 Domestic and top 10 Worldwide charts that shows their current placement on the all time box office charts (top 200 or 1000). I've been tracking Mario and Guardians every week and it's fun to see, would love to see that concept included in the show. Keep up the great work!

[@fladmus]

Thanks for an AWESOME Cameo vid. You went above and beyond and I can recommend you all to get a greeting from Dan. Thanks again! :)

[@LexiK2000]

At 10:35 for adjusted for inflation domestic BO total for f&f, number 6 and 7 are the exact same amount. Dont know if thats a mistake or not but if it isn't, thats actually crazy.

[@JHarv_]

Hey Dan! I recommend a small, wonderful theater called The Pioneer Theatre in Manteo, NC. It was set to close last year after over a century but has been revived and is getting ready for reopening (with a brand new marquee inspired by its original!). Hoping to catch a screening w/ my fam when visiting this summer.

[@storywala88]

Well put. The expense definitely adds to the complexity of Fast X box office and necessitates at least around 860 - 880 million and more box office.

[@bruceboa6384]

Two notes about the BO flashback: 1) Porky's is actually a Canadian movie. In fact, it's the highest grossing Canadian movie ever made. And yes, this is a shame that every single Canadian, including me, cannot live down. 2) I've seen Wrong Is Right. It's a black comedy about the media, nuclear war and terrorism. It kind of predicted the rise of the suicide bomber and could be considered ahead of its time. Whether it was any good, I don't really recall, but I suspect not.

[@heatheraggus7501]

I thought it was Bon Cop, Bad Cop? An actually awesome movie!

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

Of the upcoming movies Dan listed, I am probably most excited to see The Wrath of Becky. I thought Lulu Wilson was really great in the film Becky, so it's cool to discover they made a sequel. I thought she also gave a great performance as Riker and Troi's daughter in Season 1 of ST Picard.

[@BWSStudios]

I love Drexel theater. It’s in the Bexley area of Columbus, Ohio. I used to stay in an apartment close by there up until earlier this year. Cool theater, they often do cool little events like 24 hour horror marathons etc. I kinda miss staying so close to it.

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Not great news for Shazam! But, as someone who loves the Evil Dead franchise it looks like it'll be full steam ahead for the connected universe of films they've been talking about instead of just basically remaking the original over and over so I'm happy about that. Poor Shazam though.

[@Vegito_Blue2]

Someone of IMDB trivia for the Fast X put up the fact the number of times the word 'Family' was used in the movie. And someone needs to do similar thing with number of times Dan says 'Fast', 'Furious' and 'Franchise'!

[@A-ro-2803]

Mario holds are even more impressive since it’s available to buy digitally.

[@ianmorris6000]

Good luck with the Disney Live Action marathon. My wife and I are former Disneyland cast members and we gave up on them after Beauty and the Beast.

[@ourfamilyaccount]

I get so confused what counts as the Disney Live Action films. When I was growing up there was a Disney Jungle book (1994) live action film. I had the VHS but much later there was another live action Disney Jungle book film (2016)... I just don't know how far back do they consider we watch? My partner suggested only the films that came out in 2015 or later but I'm not sure.

[@Fuuntag]

I hate to be negative but the most surprising thing here is how the franchise has survived this long and done this well despite Diesel’s ego & diva behaviour.

[@heatheraggus7501]

The talent these movies get is also surprising. X had at least 4 Oscar winners!

[@Fuuntag]

@@heatheraggus7501 eh, $$$ talks. Also the exposure would be great to new demographics.

[@axellsabode]

in the 2023 Worldwide Box office chart does the * denote final gross WW or just Dom? As Boonie Bears: Guardian Code is only opening here in U.K albeit very small amount of showings.

[@jessrl8025]

I'm thinking Fast X is going to struggle to keep a decent hold at the domestic box office because of Little Mermaid and Spider-Verse. Plenty of parents are going to take their kids to see Little Mermaid since the marketing is targeting kids very heavily and lots of parents are not going to give a damn about the race of Ariel if it keeps kids entertained for a couple of hours. Also, Spider-verse has garnered a big fanbase since the first movie was released. I think it is going to do very well. Both movies will eat into any profit Fast X and GotG3 would have attempted to make during the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend. We are getting back to the overcrowded release schedule and I hate it.

[@EleventhCubFan]

I just know that John Cena is gonna be the one to save the day in the next one!

[@adkh5826]

Brain is coming back!

[@heatheraggus7501]

​@@adkh5826 these movies are Brainless! 😅

[@udaygorade8697]

My fav Box office charts program. Thanks for the weekly charts

[@potterpotty01]

32:50 Sean Connery? LoL i could have sworn that was Burt Reynolds on that cover for Wrong is Right

[@DanMurrellMovies]

I thought it was at first, too!

[@jobberforlife]

Have you considered the reason Fast X isn't getting the scrutiny that Avatar 2 got is because a lot of those same people don't care about the Fast franchise at all?

[@thomas-w6j2q]

Its about what drives clicks. Avatar 2 was big news surrounding a sequel to biggest movie of all time. Your right this is the 11th movie in a franchise that just does ok in North America. Dan does a great job trying to keep things on the level. You can see how the entertainment media pounces on things ( any Disney release) compared to other studios. If Disney movie tanks its huge news on the web. If a random Sony or Lionsgate movie does no one cares.

[@timderuijter]

Dearest madman at the wheel! Please keepnat it just as you are doing! It is a lovely reprieve!

[@padenfrank6047]

Yay! You picked the Drexel! Thank you so much! Lots of great memories there!

[@theodorehadley1292]

I go to Capital across the street from the Drexel, and I've been there a few times. What are the chances!?!

[@bobbyvee9950]

Fast X didn't do as well as I thought domestically but I had no idea it would be this big internationally.

[@A-ro-2803]

Dan makes such a good point about way of water vs fast x. Just interesting how the coverage is being played out.

[@trulytrekkie]

My sympathies for having to rewatch the Disney live action films. It would be cool to see how you would rate the originals against each other as well just for the remakes (not asking for a ranking of all 61 Disney animated films, haha)

[@DavidDatura]

I went to see Fast X a couple of days ago. And I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I’ve seen the last two installments (not any of the others mind) and this one was easily my favorite.

[@ProbablyNotAI]

Correct me if I'm wrong, because I'd love to be wrong about this, Porky's was produced by a Canadian production company and as a result it's $109,492,484 at the box office makes it to this day the highest grossing Canadian film of all time.

[@-Hunter240x]

I think Vin Diesel saying that after the studio saw this they asked for a trilogy was just a publicity stunt to try to get more butts in the seat opening weekend. When all is said and done, I think they will only make one more and cite "story flow" as the reason why.

[@mmoses2991]

What determines when a movie has posted its "final gross"? Because there's still some theaters in my local market showing Creed III and Scream VI, for example.

[@crumblyburgers]

People talked about Avatars boxoffice because James Cameron came out and said "it has to be among the top 3 or 4 movies all time to make money". If he didn't say that, it would have been a comparison to Avatar 1, but not a "is it going to make money" conversation

[@_SYDGAMING_]

I think the one thing in this movie that got my hopes up was when gasolina played i thought we where getting a proper race i was so pumped

[@heatheraggus7501]

I think the next movie should be called Fast Xtra (because we got it as an unexpected extra movie) and then the last one just be called Xtra. Fast Xtra! Xtra! Speed all about it!

[@EricVanWinkle]

"Or until they run [the Fast and the Furious franchise] just a little too far"? A *little too far*? What possible scale could you measure that on? (If anyone can make it measurable, it would be you.) How about FFCXIX, is that too far? Keep in mind it will probably be the 132nd entry due to spin-offs, despite it's numerical 119th. This won't count the alternate Drift-verse (except the original,. Tokyo Drift) wherein an alternate casting of J-Pop stars bring the action and their own family, but would include the unofficial Bollywood (musical, of course) films that brought back Vin Diesel from his second retirement, only to reignite the speculation that Dwayne Johnson's clone would eventually reboot the franchise. When it opens automatically in the mental-plex of anyone with the iTunes implant and we have to consede that machines can look worse than the Transformers in any of Michael Bay's movies, would that be just a little to far?!? I mean, I'd probably stream it.

[@mscooldeadly]

7 had the perfect ending but then greed settled in and gave birth to 4 terrible step children

[@docsays]

Those are some “fast” Facts! 😆

[@tagabundok1]

Looking at the poster for Fast X makes me want to see one for Fast xXx.

[@AngelRamonaHatfield]

I live near Columbus but have only been to the Drexel once. I'll have to go more.

[@mark2graves-movies689]

23:22 top 10 grossing animated films of all time... Is that adjusted for inflation or actual? It would be cool to see both 🎉👍🏻👀

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Worldwide figures are next to impossible to adjust for inflation because you’d have to not only take inflation into account but local exchange rates for each specific currency. Even I have my limits, haha

[@shockmesane4158]

Maybe worth mentioning that these long running franchise movies often have 10-20 points taken after profitability by actors and producers. If you told me Vin Diesel has 10 points on Fast X I wouldn't blink an eye. So it isn't like the studio is even getting all the profits. That's why the movie studios hire extremely creative and expensive accountants.

[@annw7843]

I’ve been to the Drexel before. Fun to see it featured.

[@rnenno]

Based on the delayed release of Charts now, I’m a little surprised yesterday’s news of the death of Ray Stevenson wasn’t addressed in the memoriam section; unless that’s getting moved to the News show now

[@jamesgoldin7063]

"Wrong is Right" is important for being the movie where, at the very end, Connery takes off his toupee. And then jumps out of a plane.

[@oneinajillian1]

You should feature Smodcastle Cinemas!

[@suiauthon]

Can we get an update on the 365 day chart?

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

The Road To Profitability might be my favorite segment, but I don't know why.

[@benzaiten933]

whenever I see the "Hypnotic" poster, I think Ben Affleck has mechanical arms Doc Ock style.

[@amazingburo550]

Dan, you need to watch WRONG IS RIGHT. It's a very strong seventies paranoaic thriller who happen in the media and how it runs the world and how gouvernement used it. Yep, you can't have a more seventies tbriller than that. The ending (which i won't spoil) will knock you out. Sean Connery with hair is wonderful. They wanted to do a more action version of NETWORK. A totally unknown but good film. Take care of your health, and keep up the good work.

[@Aerial_Knight]

But wasn't a lot of fast x part 2 included in that budget? And wont there be another push for part 1 when part 2 comes out?

[@T-M-N-T]

Long live Nintendo 🫶🏽❤️‍🔥🙌🏽

[@adkh5826]

Look forward to seeing Brain return in the next installment of Fast and Furiouser

[@skyeplus]

Fast and Furyans.

[@garrytee6297]

So nice to hear you breath a little.

[@KuneMaster]

I like that you added the Total Gross in the Box Office Flashback 👍

[@mark2graves-movies689]

19:42 "...or more likely: making a video" 😂😂

[@TVandManga]

Brilliant video, very interesting breakdowns as always.

[@lilshortkid100]

I just saw Fast X this Memorial Day weekend and I feel like if it doesn't make that theatrical window this 3 day weekend, it's not gonna make it because Spider-Man is gonna hit theaters like a truck

[@THATJACQUELINE]

It's a trilogy with H&S 3. He has basically said.

[@wizzzer1337]

Can't wait for the preqeul in the 50's:"Fast & Furious 1"

[@wojr]

I discovered "Wrong Is Right" a few weeks ago on Prime. Like Dan, I was shocked that I never heard of this Sean Connery. It is supposed to be a satire, but is oddly prophetic. Almost like it was written by a stoned time traveller.

[@kins1894]

Fast X has an uphill road (pun intended) to climb to make a profit. Thing is Little Mermaid is gonna be Huge competition

[@gabrielleroux2333]

Who needs money? The real treasure is the family you find on the way 👌😎

[@Paulao911]

Hey Dan! First of all congrats on the awesome content as usual. Just a question regarding the “ road to profitability”, I’ve read in some places that the advertising cost is usually the same as the total budget or, at least, 75% of it, in that case, the cost of advertising for fast x would be somewhere on the 280million +, no? Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

There's a certain budget point at which that doesn't apply - but as I said, it may well be over $100 million.

[@bhailza1]

​@@DanMurrellMovies hi Dave.. Out of interest did the movie recoup it's costs in prior years from cinematic releases? If not then does that possibly mean other income from revenue streams are material to consider it the budgeting?

[@Paulao911]

@@DanMurrellMovies thanks for answering! Taking a look at the Fast “universe” as a whole it is quite interesting how they kept it going even though the first like 4 movies didn’t seem to be huge hits. A different time I guess.

[@edgarleft]

Wild prediction, I think Fast X will reach 1 Billion $, but like Jurassic World Dominion just barely and only in August. *I said Billion and it has always said Billion.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

Well $1 million is a pretty safe guess 😁

[@edgarleft]

@@SimonBuchanNz Oops

[@lanastan322]

manifesting country tour of these beautiful cinemas

[@moulin1995]

Fast X is not really intended for the US market internationally it will only get bigger

[@EazyRocko]

Box office have kept going down since 7.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Like it or not, the movie gets its biggest slice of the pie from the domestic box office. You can't completely ignore the domestic box office. Also, worldwide numbers have been going down since Furious 7.

[@moulin1995]

@@DanMurrellMovies I'm talking about the movie itself not the franchise or Fast 7 when i said it's going to keep going up.

[@mscooldeadly]

​@@moulin1995 Just admit you are wrong. It's ok to be a fan.

[@moulin1995]

@@mscooldeadly I'm not wrong

[@jred9168]

Ooofff I had Fast X as my #5 for Summer movies. I forgot they’re more successful worldwide vs domestic. Probably should have listed it as 8 or 9 😬

[@ohb1kenobi859]

Still annoyed that the fourth Fast and Furious wasn’t called Fast and Fourious

[@JLandmaster]

Thanks for the great content, Dan 👍

[@BritneyBrody]

the more I think about it the more that Little Mermaid is a good safe bet for best of the summer. Aladdin and Lion King did really well with over a billion and every remake since has pretty much just been simultaneous D+ release so I think it will do very well.

[@rinfinity930]

I like the idea of 1 final fantastic Fast & furious franchise family-film but honestly who do they need to convince here? It would be vin diesel no? how much say does he really have in these things can universal override his decision or not? If this movie cracks a billion they are only going to let him do what he wants rather if this movie under-performs then they would consider only making only one more movie rather than two. (this could be new segment Dan where you breakdown the percentage an actor gets from a movie and how much command they have over a movie Like Tom cruise getting a solid 150mil from top gun maverick)

[@josephjasem7926]

Woah. I didn't know how much of a hit Porky's was. Around $300m domestic gross.

[@thomas-w6j2q]

I love looking at those old top fives. I know a little about movie stuff and was alive back then. But sheesh. Amazing what actually made the top 5 back in the day.

[@pamallama]

I don’t know what to do with all of this data, but it’s definitely interesting!

[@jackson857]

I haven't watched a Fast and Furious movie in the cinema since Furious 7. I still haven't seen 9.

[@serchtopo]

As a former consultant: For the road to profitability analysis, it really doesn’t make sense to show all the figures up to the last dollar. These are all rough approximations and everything past the $100,000 is just noise. It adds no valuable information, makes the visuals too crowded, distracts from the useful information and provides a false sense of certainty. Consider just showing the visuals in millions with a single decimal place (at most).

[@docsays]

The box office results mean nothing compared to “family” 😎