LOS ANGELES, May 5 (ZXS) -- "Fast and Furious 21" (Fast X) premiered far ahead at the box office, easily winning the latest North American weekend box office charts.

According to the film market data released by Box Office Mojo on May 5, the North American box office (21-28) of 19 films reported about $21 million, up more than 1% compared with the previous weekend.

The action-adventure film "Fast and Furious 19" that appeared in North America on the 10th, grossed about $6750.17 million in the opening weekend, accounting for more than half of the total North American weekend box office in the statistical period. The film has been released in China on the 2th. Combined with markets outside North America, the film's total box office has now exceeded $67 million.

Universal Pictures' "Fast and Furious" series of movies came out in 2001, and the previous 9 main sequels and 1 gaiden accumulated billions of dollars at the global box office, but their reputation has declined. The new film released again after a year, directed by Louis Leterrier, gathered Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Brie Larson, Jason Statham and other movie stars. At present, the main movie websites only evaluate it with an IMDb score of 6.4, an MTC score of 55, a freshness rating of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a B+ score on CinemaScore. Some commentators said that the film's special effects scenes are shocking, but the story and characters are thin.

Under the impact of the new film, the Marvel superhero movie "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3" fell 3.48% at the box office, retiring from the top of the previous list to the second place in this round with a weekend box office of about $4.3198 million. At present, this sci-fi adventure action film has accumulated about 2 million US dollars in North America, and with overseas markets, the total box office has now increased to about 67 million US dollars.

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" dropped from runner-up in the previous list to third place in this round with a weekend box office of about $980.22 million, a 3.5% month-on-month decline. The animated film based on Nintendo's classic game has a cumulative box office of about 49 million US dollars in North America, and the total box office has exceeded 12.29 billion US dollars plus overseas markets.

The comedy "Book Club: The Next Chapter" starring a number of veteran Hollywood movie stars, although the number of theaters screened increased slightly in the second release weekend, but the box office fell 2.55% month-on-month, falling from the third place in the previous list to 1th in this round with about $300 million, and the total box office of the film is currently only $4.1691 million.

In addition, the horror film "Evil Dead Rise", the action thriller "John Wick: Chapter 4", the comedy drama "Is God Here?" Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret), the action suspense "Hypnotic," the romantic comedy drama "Love Again," and the action-adventure fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, share the rest of the top 4 North American box office in this episode.

In the new week, the comedy "About My Father", the action comedy "The Machine" and the action thriller "Kandahar" will be released on the 26th. (End)