When The Fast And The Furious debuted in 2001, it was Hollywood’s attempt to capitalize on the underground street racing scene. That subculture petered out after a few years, leaving the film franchise in jeopardy—but with director Justin Lin at the helm, the series evolved into something no one expected: ensemble heist flicks that are a pulpy mashup of Ocean’s Eleven and The Italian Job, with increasingly outlandish stunt work that left no exotic car unsmashed. The recipe turned F&F into a legitimate box-office juggernaut, with Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6 both breaking $200 million in domestic gross. With Furious 7 hitting theaters today, we broke down the numbers to see how the series transitioned from 10-second drag races to impossible half-hour airplane runway chases.
The Fast And The Furious (2001)
Worldwide box-office gross (millions, not adjusted for inflation): $207.3
Races: 7, including an impromptu race between Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and a cocky Ferrari owner
Police vehicles damaged: 1
Vehicles flipped: 4, including 2 motorbikes
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 5
Approximate # of guns: 8 (not including the SWAT that features too many agents to identify)
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? Yes, Dom’s (Vin Diesel) beloved car gets t-boned after the final drag race.
Castmembers without a driver’s license before filming: 2 (Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Worldwide box-office gross: $236.4
Races: 2
Police vehicles damaged: 24, mostly thanks to the final street pursuit.
Vehicles flipped: 2, including an actual stunt accident left in the final film.
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 0
Approximate # of guns: 12 (not including the customs raid scene)
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? No, since it’s the only film without Dom.
Times Roman (Tyrese Gibson) is caught attempting to steal a cigar cutter: 2
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Worldwide box-office gross: $158.5
Races: 6, including Vin Diesel’s cameo to close the film
Police vehicles damaged: 0
Vehicles flipped: 3
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 1
Approximate # of guns: 2 (this is more a fish-out-of-water racing film than an action/crime movie)
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? No
Films in which the character Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang) appears: 7 (including the Vin Diesel-directed short “Los Bandoleros,” flashbacks in Furious 7, and Justin Lin’s breakthrough film Better Luck Tomorrow)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Worldwide box-office gross: $363.2
Races: 1
Police vehicles damaged: 0
Vehicles flipped: 7, including the gas tanker in the opening sequence and Letty’s (Michelle Rodriguez) car in a flashback
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 1
Approximate # of guns: 30 (not including the failed sting against Braga)
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? Yes, totaled.
Core actors returning: 4. This is the first film featuring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez in the same film since the original (though Letty only appears in the opening sequences).
Fast Five (2011)
Worldwide box-office gross: $626.1
Races: 3, including an implied race that wins a car and a 4-way cop car drag race
Police vehicles damaged: 24, including 2 motorbikes
Vehicles flipped: 9, including a prisoner transport bus
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 3
Approximate # of guns: At least 155, complicated by all the military police extras
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? Yes, by an armored car driven by Luke Hobbs (The Rock).
Bank vaults towed down city streets by cars: 2
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Worldwide box-office gross: $788.7
Races: 1
Police vehicles damaged: 8
Vehicles flipped: 20, including Letty in flashback again, a car specially designed to flip other vehicles, and the post-credits scene from Tokyo Drift.
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 14, including Dom leaping from his car to save Letty in mid-air.
Approximate # of guns: At least 151, including a tank.
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? Yes—Dom drives one off a bridge in order to save Letty.
Distance traveled by the plane in the final runway stunt: 27.86 miles—longer than any runway in the world.
Furious 7 (2015)
Worldwide box-office gross: TBD
Races: 3, including partial races seen at Race Wars
Police vehicles damaged: 3
Vehicles flipped: 15
Times someone jumps onto/off of a vehicle: 4 (not including the cars dropped out of a plane, because that’s cheating)
Approximate # of guns: At least 91.
Is a Dodger Charger damaged? Yes—and once again, multiple versions of Dom’s car were built for the shoot.
Gratuitous ass shots: 13, none of which focus on a glistening Luke Hobbs.
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