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Why is Fast and the Furious not about racing anymore?
This was done to elevate the franchise from being about car culture and more action-oriented. Focusing solely on street racing may have kicked off this saga, but for it to be taken to the next level, the Fast & Furious movies had to expand their appeal to general action movie fans.
Why did the Fast and Furious movies change so much?
In the first film the team was just trying to save themselves from prison time, and in the most recent, trying to save the world. But as the stakes get higher, it seems that the films become much more lighthearted, allowing for more absurd stunts and greater audience enjoyment overall.
Will Fast and furious return to street racing?
You can’t, because Universal has set the bar so high, it will likely never be matched. Street racing movies don’t make and can’t make money, at least, not at the same scale action films make money. As long as the box office numbers are strong, I don’t expect Universal to change their approach.
Do street races like Fast and Furious really happened?
Street racing exists in real life, not just movies. Among these escapades is a series of illegal races on public streets involving cars modified for speed. Those races are unrealistic and dramatize street racing, but that doesn’t mean that street racing doesn’t occur in real life.
Who owns the Fast and Furious franchise?
Universal Pictures
Fast & Furious | |
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Owner | Universal Pictures |
Years | 2001–present |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Main Saga (9 films; 2001–present) Spin-off films (1 film; 2019) |
Are the Fast & Furious movies all about street racing?
There was a time when the Fast & Furious movies were exclusively about street racing rather than about engaging in big-budget action scenes across iconic foreign locales.
What is the first fast and the Furious movie about?
The very first movie in the series, The Fast and the Furious, introduced franchise lead characters Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) in the context of an underground drag racing scene.
How much did ‘Fast & Furious’ make at the box office?
Considering the fact that the box office for Fast Five nearly doubled what Fast & Furious received two years earlier, Universal knew they made the right decision. From then on, the box office increased until it peaked with over $1.5 billion with Furious 7 in 2015.