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FAST AND FURIOUS MUSCLES PAST RIVALS

Producer Neil Moritz's Fast and Furious roared past the $100-million mark at the worldwide box office in record speed for an April release over the weekend, taking in $72.5 million domestically and $30.1 million overseas. The muscle-car film easily broke the previous domestic opening gross of $42.2 million set by Anger Management in 2003. Meanwhile, Adventureland , the only other film to open wide this weekend, took in $6 million to place sixth. Last weekend's winner, Paramount/DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens fell 44 percent to $33.5 million domestically. Overall, the box office was up 68 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers 1. Fast & Furious, $72.5 million; 2. Monsters vs. Aliens, $33.5 million; 3. The Haunting in Connecticut , $9.6 million; 4. Knowing, $8.1 million; 5. I Love You, Man , $7.9 million; 6. Adventureland, $6 million; 7. Duplicity , $4.3 million; 8. Race to Witch Mountain, $3.4 million; 9. 12 Rounds , $2.3 million; 10. Sunshine Cleaning, $1.9 million.

06/04/2009