"Fast & Furious" Sets Box Office Records

"Fast & Furious," the fourth film in the franchise, grossed over $72 million in its opening weekend and beating all the other previous installments. "2 Fast 2 Furious" previously had the highest opening with $50.5" million.

Domestically, it's the best non-holiday, three-day opening in Universal Pictures' history. It's also the biggest opening of 2009, as well as the biggest April opening ever. Previous record-holder for best April reelase was "Anger Management" with $42.2 million.

And in addition to the amazing domestic results, the new movie also conquered the competition at the international box office, bowing to $30.1 million for a worldwide opening take of $102.6 million.

Miramax's dramedy "Adventureland," the weekend's other new wide release, grossed an estimated $6.2 million from 1,862 locations, in line with expectations.