In its second weekend at the box office, Universal's
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw has blown past the $300 million mark worldwide.
The blockbuster spinoff, starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, hauled in $25.4 million in North America, pushing its domestic total to $108 million after nine days in theaters. Overseas,
Hobbs & Shaw brought in another $60.8 million, pumping its international total to $224.1 million in 66 markets.
With a worldwide total of $332.6 million,
Hobbs & Shaw is in line with the box office performance of
Fast & Furious 6, but about 40% off of
Furious 7 and
The Fate Of The Furious, according to
Deadline.
It has been an impressive international haul for
Hobbs & Shaw, which opened in five new markets in its second weekend, but the blockbuster will most certainly see its biggest bump when it opens in China on August 23.
Hobbs & Shaw remained No. 1 at the box office despite facing increased box office competition from Lionsgate's
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The PG-13 thriller, based on the children's horror book series, opened at No. 2 with $20.8 million. Paramount's
Dora and the Lost City of Gold, a live-action adaptation of hte popular Nickelodeon animated kids show, opened with just $17 million domestically and $2.5 million overseas.
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever — and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw’s sister — these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw currently sits at a 66 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but has an impressive audience score of 89 percent.