There’s far more behind the success of “Furious 7” at the box office this weekend than the memory of Paul Walker, the late actor who had been an anchor in the film franchise.
But there’s no denying that fans wishing to pay homage to Walker swelled the numbers for the film, which were very impressive — $143 million domestically and $240 million from overseas for a whopping total of $384 million globally.
“Furious 7” wasn’t the only film featuring Walker to debut after his death. The last movie he completed was a French-Canadian urban action film co-written by Luc Besson, “Brick Mansions.”