The fifth film in the action car franchise, starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Vin Diesel, took $8.5 million (£5.3 million) in its opening weekend, making it the largest three-day opening of 2011 so far.
The movie cruised passed animated movie Rio, which held firm at number two with $1.4 million (£886,669) in takings, while Arthur showed disappointing sales in third spot with $1.2 million (£764,468).
Meanwhile another sequel, Scream 4, dropped from top spot into fourth and Vanessa Hudgens’ Beastly debuted at number five.
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