‘Fast & Furious 10’, on its way to becoming one of the most expensive films in history

It wasn’t going to be cheap, that was a given, but the level of money Universal would spend to produce the tenth installment of its most successful franchise, already would touch the Olympus of the most expensive films in the history of cinema. The salary increase that the protagonist and producer of the saga, Vin Diesel, and the rest of the veterans of this film angle started set in the world of illegal car racing; It has a lot to do but it is not the only determining factor.

The fees have been inflated for all that team that has been involved in ‘Fast & Furious’ for more than two decades, with the 20 million that Toretto’s actor would take in the lead; but also, To this increase must be added a general increase in expenses due to the state of global inflation and the economic efforts necessary to comply with the safety protocols against COVID-19.. All of this would cause investments to skyrocket until the achievement 340 million dollars, according to The Wrap. This North American medium collects that the aforementioned studio has to provide 70% more money than the budget of almost 200 million that “Fast & Furious 9” had.

If those 340 million end up being that, ‘Fast & Furious 10’ would touch the impressive amount of 356 that the Marvel Cinematic Universe would spend to give us one of its most successful films: ‘Avengers: Endgame’. But, while both figures are more than impressive, they’re far from the exaggeration Disney invested in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” The House of Mouse spent 400 million in its time on the fourth and penultimate installment of its pirate saga, which co-starred Penélope Cruz with Johnny Depp; film widely considered the most expensive.

Is there a profit margin?

‘Fast & Furious 10’ is having a hard time achieving the impact that ‘Endgame’ has made at the global box office. Nearly 3,000 million worldwide put this Marvel proposition in second place among the highest-grossing films in cinema history, a result that the next ‘Fast’ has no ambition to match. Of course, the previous two installments in the franchise didn’t do badly in theaters either. ‘Fast & Furious 8’ grossed 1.239 million globally and ‘Fast & Furious 9’ just over 726 million, a figure that must be put into perspective by recalling the pandemic situation that has conditioned its passage through theatres. Thus the beginning of the end of ‘Fast & Furious’ could be a joy for Universal, even if the performance of the films in theaters is something practically impossible to predict.