![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The threat to issue the BBFC 15 rating was a warning sign to Universal Pictures who then edited said scene in a more harmless way so that the BBFC would grant it its BBFC 12 rating. After it earned its PG-13 in the US, it turned out that the British ratings board had an issue with one scene they deemed to be too violent for the desired 12A classification. When it comes to censorship, similar choices have to be made. This film is a prime example of an attempt to service everyone and offend noone. It is a challenge to appeal to so many different markets and hit the mainstream's taste. The big money was made in the rest of the world. It is the second entry that passed the billion Dollar mark ($1.235 bln., to be exact), however, it's notable that the domestic market did not even generate enough money to make back the production cost of $250 million. But that theory falls short when we look at the financial success of the eighth installment The Fate of the Furious. After Fast & Furious 7 managed to haul in an astonishing $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, one could wonder if that was partly caused by the huge attention the franchise got due to Paul Walker's death. ![]()
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