India collections Fast and Furious broke records in India when the film had a grand opening collection of Rs 12 crore on Thursday, April 2. Earlier, The Amazing Spider-Man was the biggest Hollywood opener in India. Fast and Furious 7 is giving a tough competition to Friday's release, Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, collecting Rs 23.75 crore in India within two days of its release while the Bollywood film could only churn Rs Rs 8 crore on the ticket windows. Worldwide collections The worldwide numbers were also steroidal. Internationally, the film rolled out across 10,500 screens in 63 territories, earning $240.4 million. "This is the next member of the billion dollar club and that's a rarefied place to be," said Contrino. "This thing is on fire." With an A CinemaScore and strong reviews, Furious 7 could be one of the few modern blockbusters that hangs on for more than a few weeks. The month of April is lean on blockbuster fare and Furious 7 won't get serious competition until The Avengers: Age of Ultron debuts on May 1. The opening weekend crowd was impressively diverse, a testament to a series that has drawn strength from its multi-cultural cast. The audience was 51% male, 44% under age 25, 37% Hispanic, 25% Caucasian, 24% African-American and 10% Asian. "We're expanding our audience based on the diversity of interest from different ethnic groups all buying into saga of Dom Toretto and his family," said Nick Carpou, Universal's president of domestic distribution, referencing the character played by Vin Diesel. Last weekend's box office champion, DreamWorks Animation's Home, showed impressive stamina, falling less than 50%. The animated tale picked up $27.4 million in its sophomore frame, pushing its domestic total to $95.6 million. In third place, R-rated comedy Get Hard earned $12.9 million. The Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart team-up fell 62% from its opening number, bringing its stateside haul to $57 million. Cinderella snagged a fourth place finish, picking up $10.3 million stateside to push its domestic bounty to $167.3 million. Globally, the Disney release is closing in on $400 million. The Divergent Series: Insurgent rounded out the weekend top five, nabbing $10 million and driving the film to $103.4 million domestically. Among art house releases, Noah Baumbach's While We're Young expanded from four to 34 theaters, picking up $492,976. The A24 release has earned $791,450 in two weeks. Radius-TWC's It Follows also continued to expand, moving from 1,218 to 1,655, though its gross dipped 35% to $2.5 million. The critically adored horror film has made $8.5 million since debuting on March 13. The Weinstein Company was particularly bullish on the reception for Woman in Gold, a drama about the fight to recover art stolen by the Nazis. The film picked up $2 million from 258 locations and will expand to between 800 and 1,000 venues this coming weekend. "The film is definitely poised for a long, long run. That's a really solid start," said Erik Lomis, the studio's distribution chief. Thanks to Furious 7, the overall box office reached $218 million, the first time that ticket sales have crossed $200 million over the Easter weekend. "These huge results jump start momentum for the blockbuster, summer season, suggesting that 2015 is shaping up to be everything (and maybe even more) that the industry has been hoping for," said Greg Foster, CEO of Imax Entertainment. In other words, Furious 7 just dropped the mic.